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Biological Activity Myorelaxant

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
MYRCENE 100-200 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
N-ACETYL-O-METHYLSTRYCHNOSPLENDINE ED50=10 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
N-ACETYL-O-METHYLSTRYCHNOSPLENDINE LDlo=75 mg/kg ivn mus Duke, 1992 *
NARINGIN not available Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
NORDIJYDROTOXIFERINE not available Duke, 1992 *
NORSTEPHALAGINE not available Duke, 1992 *
NOSCAPINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ONITIN not available Duke, 1992 *
PAEONIFLORIN not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
PAPAVERINE 100 uM Duke, 1992 *
PEIMUNINE not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERINE not available Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
PROTOPINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PUERARIN not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINIDINE not available Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
QUININE-SULFATE not available Merck 11th Edition
RUTIN not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
SCHISANDRIN not available Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-88.
SCOPARONE not available Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
SCOPOLETIN not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Datura innoxia Thorn Apple 3 0
Datura metel Hindu Datura 2 0
Datura stramonium Jimsonweed 4 1, 000
Daucus carota Carrot 12 4, 530
Dendrobium nobile Noble Dendrobium 1 520
Dianthus caryophyllus Carnation; Clove Pink; Oeillet (Fr.); Nelke (Ger.); Clavel (Sp.) 1 5, 800
Dictamnus albus Akgiritotu; Burning Bush; Dittany; Gas Plant; Gazelotu 4 96.99999988079071
Dictamnus hispanicus not available 1 0
Digitalis lanata Grecian Foxglove 1 0
Digitalis purpurea Purple Foxglove 3 0
Dioscorea alata Greater Yam; Winged Yam 1 1, 654
Dioscorea bulbifera Air Potato; Potato Yam 1 740
Dioscorea pentaphylla Mountain Yam 1 792
Dioscorea sp. Wild Yam 1 1, 630
Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam 1 1, 630
Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon 3 10, 400
Dodonaea viscosa Hopwood 1 0
Dracocephalum parviflora Small-Flowered Moldavica 1 160
Dracocephalum thymiflora Thyme-Flowered Moldavica 3 164
Drynaria fortunei Fortune's Fern 2 4, 140