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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
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.
BERBERASTINE not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
BERBERINE not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
CAFFEINE not available Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
HARPAGOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE not available Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
VASICINONE not available Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Nandina domestica Heavenly Bamboo; Sacred Bamboo; Southern Heaven Bamboo; Nanten (Jap.) 1 0
Papaver somniferum Opium Poppy; Poppyseed Poppy 1 0
Paullinia cupana Guarana 2 103, 500
Paullinia yoko Yoko 1 27, 300
Peganum harmala Harmel; Syrian Rue 1 0
Phellodendron amurense Huang Po; Po Mu; Amur Cork Tree; Huang Bai 1 40, 000
Podophyllum hexandrum Himalayan Mayapple 1 0
Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple 1 0
Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot 1 0
Scrophularia buergeriana Hsuan-Shen; Yuan-Shen 1 0
Scrophularia scorodonia not available 1 2, 072
Theobroma angustifolium Castarica; Emerald Cacao 2 910
Theobroma bicolor Nicaraguan Cacao; Pataste 2 3, 852
Theobroma cacao Cacao 2 19, 059
Turnera diffusa Damiana 1 0
Verbascum thapsus Mullein; Velvetplant; Flannelleaf; Flannelplant; Great Mullein 1 445
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Yellowroot 2 13, 000
Zanthoxylum alatum Indian Prickly Ash; Wartara Oil Tree 1 0
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 1 0
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood 1 0