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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
PSORALEN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
QUERCETIN not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNETIN not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
SAFROLE not available Duke, 1992 *
SHIKIMIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL 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.
SINIGRIN not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
STEVIOL not available Duke, 1992 *
SUPININE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SWERTIANIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TETRANDRINE not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Agastache foeniculum Giant Hyssop 2 930, 000
Agastache nepetoides not available 1 0
Agastache pallidiflora not available 1 0
Agastache rugosa not available 4 915, 291.8000001907
Agastache urticifolia Nettle-Leaf Giant Hyssop 1 546
Agathosma betulina Buchu; Honey Buchu; Mountain Buchu 4 0
Ageratum conyzoides Mexican ageratum 2 0
Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony; Sticklewort 4 3, 448
Ailanthus altissima Stinktree; Tree Of Heaven 1 0
Albizia lebbeck East Indian Walnut; Siris Tree; Frywood; Koko; Lebbek; Lebbek Tree; Women's-Tongue Tree 2 0
Alisma plantago-aquatica Mud Plantain; Tse-Hsieh; Water Plantain; Ze-Xie 1 0
Alliaria petiolata Garlic Mustard 2 460
Allium cepa Onion; Shallot 4 124, 230
Allium sativum var. sativum Garlic 6 2, 476
Allium schoenoprasum Chives 2 64
Alnus glutinosa Black Alder 1 0
Aloe vera Bitter Aloes; Aloe 2 90.80000305175781
Aloysia citrodora Lemon Verbena 1 0
Alpinia galanga Greater Galangal; Siamese Ginger; Languas 1 0
Alpinia officinarum Lesser Galangal; Chinese Ginger 3 2, 000