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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Biological Activity Interferonogenic

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
ARABINOGALACTAN 3.7-500 ug/ml *
ASCORBIC-ACID Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
CAMPTOTHECIN *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
ELLAGITANNIN Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
GINSENOSIDES *
GLYCYRRHETIC-ACID Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID *
GLYCYRRHIZIN Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
GOSSYPOL *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Vicia faba Broadbean; Faba Bean; Habas 1 7, 665
Vigna aconitifolia Mat Bean; Moth Bean 1 88
Vigna angularis Adzuki Bean 1 0
Vigna mungo Black Gram 1 448
Vigna radiata Green Gram; Mungbean 1 3, 118
Vigna unguiculata Cowpea; Black-eyed Pea; Crowder Pea; Southern Pea 1 32, 911
Viscum album European Mistletoe 1 7, 500
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 2 49, 440
Withania somnifera Ashwagandha 1 0
Yucca baccata Spanish Bayonet; Yucca; Banana Yucca; Blue Yucca 1 524
Zea mays Corn 2 96
Zingiber officinale Ginger 2 605
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 1 11, 646
Zizyphus spina-christi Syrian Christ-Thorn 1 330