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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
Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple 3 50, 000
Podophyllum pleianthum Chinese Mayapple 2 0
Pogostemon cablin Patchouli 3 0
Polygonum aviculare Prostrate Knotweed 3 0
Polygonum hydropiper Common Smartweed 3 30, 000
Polygonum hydropiperoides Mild Water Pepper 2 0
Polygonum multiflorum Chinese Cornbind; Fleeceflower; Fo Ti; He Shou Wu; Chinese Knotweed 1 0
Populus nigra Black Poplar 1 0
Populus tacamahacca Balm Of Gilead 5 0
Prosopis juliflora Mesquite 2 0
Prunella vulgaris Self-Heal; Heal-All 3 0
Prunus armeniaca Apricot 3 17, 700
Prunus cerasus Sour Cherry 6 0
Prunus domestica Plum 2 0
Prunus dulcis Almond 2 0
Prunus laurocerasus Cherry Laurel 2 0
Prunus persica Peach 2 0
Prunus serotina Black Cherry; Wild Cherry 2 0
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn; Sloe 3 0
Psidium cattleianum Strawberry Guava 2 0