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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
Cymbopogon citratus West Indian Lemongrass; Lemongrass 2 0
Cymbopogon nardus Ceylon Citronella; Citronella 1 2, 904
Cynara cardunculus Artichoke 3 0
Cytisus scoparius Scotch Broom 1 0
Daphne genkwa Yuan Hua 1 0
Datura stramonium Jimsonweed 2 0
Daucus carota Carrot 11 401.4000000357628
Dictamnus albus Akgiritotu; Burning Bush; Dittany; Gas Plant; Gazelotu 6 0
Digitalis purpurea Purple Foxglove 1 0
Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon 3 0
Dodonaea viscosa Hopwood 3 0
Dracocephalum thymiflora Thyme-Flowered Moldavica 1 28
Drimys winteri Winter's Bark 2 0
Echinacea angustifolia Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower 3 0
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower 2 0
Echinacea spp Coneflower; Echinacea 4 0
Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian Olive; Silver Berry 2 0
Elettaria cardamomum Cardamom 1 57, 700
Elytrigia repens Couchgrass; Doggrass; Quackgrass; Wheatgrass; Twitchgrass 1 85
Ephedra sinica Ma Huang; Chinese Ephedra 3 4