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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
Arbutus unedo Arbutus; Strawberry Tree 1 0
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry; Uva Ursi 2 0
Ardisia japonica Marlberry 1 0
Argemone mexicana Prickly Poppy 1 410
Aristolochia debilis Chinese Birthwort 1 0
Aristolochia serpentaria Serpentaria; Virginia Snakeroot 1 0
Armoracia rusticana Horseradish 4 5, 598
Artemisia abrotanum Southernwood 1 0
Artemisia absinthium Wormwood 1 0
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 4 0
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 7 2, 938, 960
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 1 0
Artocarpus altilis Breadfruit 1 0
Asarum canadense Wild Ginger 1 0
Asiasarum heterotropoides Asian Wild Ginger 1 0
Asiasarum sieboldii Siebold's Wild Ginger 1 0
Asimina triloba Pawpaw 1 0
Aspalathus linearis Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea 2 26.399999856948853
Asparagus officinalis Asparagus 3 0
Astragalus membranaceus Huang-Chi; Huang Qi 2 0