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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
Quercus alba White Oak 1 0
Quercus infectoria Aleppo Oak; Dyer's Oak; Gall Oak 1 0
Quercus robur English Oak 1 0
Quercus velutina Black Oak 1 0
Quisqualis indica Rangoon Creeper 1 0
Raphanus sativus Radish 1 0
Rheum officinale Chinese Rhubarb 3 22, 000
Rheum palmatum Chinese Rhubarb 4 2, 723.5
Rheum rhabarbarum Rhubarb 2 6, 000
Rhododendron dauricum Chinese Alpenrose 3 0
Rhododendron ponticum Pontic Alpenrose 1 0
Rhus coriaria Sicilian Sumac; Sumac; Tanner's Sumac 2 0
Rhus toxicodendron Poison Ivy 3 0
Ribes nigrum Black Currant 5 0
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry 1 0
Ricinus communis Castorbean 4 2, 000
Robinia pseudoacacia Black Locust 2 0
Rosa damascena Damask Rose 3 0
Rosa multiflora Multiflora Rose 1 0
Rosa spp Rose Hips 1 0