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Biological Activity (+)-Inotropic

List of activity chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Dosage Reference
VASICINONE not available Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
THEOPHYLLINE not available Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
HARPAGOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE not available Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
BERBERINE not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
BERBERASTINE not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
ACONITINE 0.1 mg/kg scu gpg Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood 1 0
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 1 0
Zanthoxylum alatum Indian Prickly Ash; Wartara Oil Tree 1 0
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Yellowroot 2 13, 000
Verbascum thapsus Mullein; Velvetplant; Flannelleaf; Flannelplant; Great Mullein 1 445
Turnera diffusa Damiana 1 0
Theobroma cacao Cacao 2 19, 059
Theobroma bicolor Nicaraguan Cacao; Pataste 2 3, 852
Theobroma angustifolium Castarica; Emerald Cacao 2 910
Scrophularia scorodonia not available 1 2, 072
Scrophularia buergeriana Hsuan-Shen; Yuan-Shen 1 0
Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot 1 0
Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple 1 0
Podophyllum hexandrum Himalayan Mayapple 1 0
Phellodendron amurense Huang Po; Po Mu; Amur Cork Tree; Huang Bai 1 40, 000
Peganum harmala Harmel; Syrian Rue 1 0
Paullinia yoko Yoko 1 27, 300
Paullinia cupana Guarana 2 103, 500
Papaver somniferum Opium Poppy; Poppyseed Poppy 1 0
Nandina domestica Heavenly Bamboo; Sacred Bamboo; Southern Heaven Bamboo; Nanten (Jap.) 1 0