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Biological Activity Mydriatic

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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
ACONITINE 400-500 ppb Duke, 1992 *
ATROPINE not available Merck 11th Edition
BERBERASTINE not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
BERBERINE not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
BUFOTENINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BUPHANINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CATHINONE not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
COCAINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DIOSCINE not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOSCORINE not available Duke, 1992 *
EPHEDRINE not available Merck 11th Edition
EPINEPHRINE not available Merck 11th Edition
GELSEMICINE not available Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
GELSEMINE not available Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
HIMANDRINE not available Duke, 1992 *
HIMBACINE 250 mg/kg orl mus Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
HOMOATROPINE not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDRASTININE not available Duke, 1992 *
HYOSCYAMINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Mahonia repens Creeping Barberry; Oregon Barberry; Oregon Grape-Holly; Oregon Grape 1 5, 668
Mahonia siamensis not available 1 2, 000
Mandragora officinarum Mandrake 4 3, 570
Menispermum canadense Moonseed 1 0
Mucuna pruriens Cowage; Velvetbean 1 0
Nandina domestica Heavenly Bamboo; Sacred Bamboo; Southern Heaven Bamboo; Nanten (Jap.) 1 0
Papaver somniferum Opium Poppy; Poppyseed Poppy 1 0
Pausinystalia johimbe Yohimbe 1 0
Phellodendron amurense Huang Po; Po Mu; Amur Cork Tree; Huang Bai 1 40, 000
Pinellia ternata Ban-Xia; Pan-Hsia 1 0
Podophyllum hexandrum Himalayan Mayapple 1 0
Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple 1 0
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 2 0
Rauvolfia serpentina Indian Snakeroot; Serpentine Wood 1 0
Rauvolfia vomitoria African Snakeroot 1 0
Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot 1 0
Scopolia carniolica Scopolia 3 300
Sida rhombifolia Broomweed; Teaplant 1 0
Solanum dulcamara Bitter Nightshade; Bittersweet 1 0
Taxus baccata Common Yew 1 0