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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
Cymbopogon citratus West Indian Lemongrass; Lemongrass 2 0
Cymbopogon nardus Ceylon Citronella; Citronella 1 2, 904
Cynara cardunculus Artichoke 3 0
Cytisus scoparius Scotch Broom 1 0
Daphne genkwa Yuan Hua 1 0
Datura stramonium Jimsonweed 2 0
Daucus carota Carrot 11 401.4000000357628
Dictamnus albus Akgiritotu; Burning Bush; Dittany; Gas Plant; Gazelotu 6 0
Digitalis purpurea Purple Foxglove 1 0
Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon 3 0
Dodonaea viscosa Hopwood 3 0
Dracocephalum thymiflora Thyme-Flowered Moldavica 1 28
Drimys winteri Winter's Bark 2 0
Echinacea angustifolia Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower 3 0
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower 2 0
Echinacea spp Coneflower; Echinacea 4 0
Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian Olive; Silver Berry 2 0
Elettaria cardamomum Cardamom 1 57, 700
Elytrigia repens Couchgrass; Doggrass; Quackgrass; Wheatgrass; Twitchgrass 1 85
Ephedra sinica Ma Huang; Chinese Ephedra 3 4