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Biological Activity Mutagenic

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
GALANGIN not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GINGEROL not available J. Drug. Dev. (Vol. 6=1993) e.g. Mustafa, T., Srivastava, K.C., and Jensen, K.B. 1993. Drug Development Report (9): Pharmacology of Ginger, Zingiber officinale. J. Drug. Dev. 6(1): 25-39.
GOSSYPOL not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
HELIOTRINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HYMENOVIN? not available De Smet, P.A.G.M., Keller, K., Hansel, R. and Chandler, R.F., eds. 1993. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs 2. Springr-Verlag, Berlin. 348pp.
HYMENOXIN not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-CARBINOL not available Duke, 1992 *
INTEGERRIMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOGENTISIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ISOPIMPINELLIN not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPACHOL not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGULARIDINE not available Duke, 1992 *
LUCIDIN not available Duke, 1992 *
MENTHONE not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
OXYPEUCEDANIN not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
PERILLALDEHYDE not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERINE not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Psidium guajava Guava 2 200
Psoralea corylifolia Babchi; Black Dot; Malaya Tea 1 44, 910
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken; Bracken Fern 4 0
Pueraria montana Kudzu; Kudsu 3 0
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 5 0
Pycnanthemum albescens White Mountain Mint 1 2, 295
Pycnanthemum beadlei Beadle's Mountain Mint 1 644
Pycnanthemum californicum California Mountain Mint 1 0
Pycnanthemum clinopodioides Clinopod Mountain Mint 1 12, 826
Pycnanthemum incanum Hoary Mountain Mint 1 10, 127
Pycnanthemum montanum Montane Mountain Mint 1 640
Pycnanthemum muticum Muticous Mountain Mint 1 11, 300
Pycnanthemum pilosum Pilose Mountain Mint 1 30, 800
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides Typical Mountain Mint 1 20, 242
Pycnanthemum setosum Setose Mountain Mint 1 7, 440
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slenderleaf Mountain Mint 1 3, 660
Pycnanthemum torreyi Torrey's Mountain Mint 1 8, 100
Pycnanthemum verticillatum Whorled Mountain Mint 1 4, 557
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia Mountain Mint 1 14, 819
Pyrus communis Pear 3 28