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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
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