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

Biological Activity Laxative

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
PHARBITIN *
QUINIDINE Martindale's 29th
SENNOSIDE -30 mg/man/day Martindale's 28th
SILYMARIN Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SORBITOL 20-50 g/day Martindale's 29th
SORBITOL 5-15 g/man/day Martindale's 28th
SULFUR Martindale's 29th
VANILLIC-ACID =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
XYLITOL Martindale's 29th
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Terminalia chebula Ink Nut; Myrobalan; Black Myrobalan; Chebulic Myrobalan 3 40, 000
Tetragonia tetragonioides New Zealand Spinach 3 132, 830
Tetrapanax papyrifera Rice Paper Tree; Tong-Cao; Tung-Tsao 3 1, 522, 260
Teucrium arduini 'Croatian Alpine' Germander 1 20
Teucrium asiaticum 2 0.7800000160932541
Teucrium chamaedrys Wall Germander 2 1, 000
Teucrium cyprium 'Cyprus' Germander 1 170
Teucrium divaricatum Hoary Divaricate Germander 1 0
Teucrium gnaphalodes Iberian Germander 1 0
Teucrium kotschyanum Stavros Kotschy's Germander 1 0
Teucrium micropodioides Small 'Cyprus' Germander 1 0
Teucrium montanum Mountain Germander 1 33, 000
Teucrium oxylepis 2 2.6299999952316284
Teucrium polium Iberian Golden Germander; Golden Germander 2 38
Teucrium pseudoscorodonia 2 0.3199999928474426
Teucrium salviastrum 2 0.35999999940395355
Teucrium scorodonia Germander; Wood Germander 2 0.11999999731779099
Theobroma angustifolium Castarica; Emerald Cacao 1 434, 000
Theobroma bicolor Nicaraguan Cacao; Pataste 2 702, 198
Theobroma cacao Cacao 4 197, 575