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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
Satureja parvifolia Small-Leaf Pampa Savory 1 305
Schinus molle California Peppertree; Mastic-Tree; Peruvian Peppertree 4 0
Schinus terebinthifolius Brazilian Peppertree 3 0
Scopolia carniolica Scopolia 1 0
Scutellaria baicalensis Chinese Skullcap; Huang Qin; Baikal Skullcap 2 2, 700
Scutellaria galericulata Marsh Skullcap 3 62
Scutellaria lateriflora Mad-Dog Skullcap; Scullcap 1 0
Selenicereus grandiflorus Night-Blooming Cereus; Queen-of-the-Night 1 0
Senna alata Ringworm Bush 3 0
Senna alexandrina Alexandran senna; True Senna; Indian Senna 1 0
Senna obtusifolia Sicklepod 1 1, 800
Senna occidentalis Coffee Senna 4 2, 500
Serenoa repens Saw Palmetto; Scrub-Palmetto 3 0
Sideritis scardica Balkan Sideritis 1 80
Silybum marianum Milk Thistle; Lady's Thistle 3 0
Sinomenium acutum Ching-Feng-Teng 1 0
Skimmia arborescens Skimmia 2 0
Skimmia japonica Japanese Skimmia 1 800
Smilax china China Root 1 0
Solanum melongena Aubergine; Eggplant 1 0