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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 LDlo=75 mg/kg ivn mus Duke, 1992 *
N-ACETYL-O-METHYLSTRYCHNOSPLENDINE ED50=10 ug/ml 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
Tetrapanax papyrifera Rice Paper Tree; Tong-Cao; Tung-Tsao 1 6, 360
Teucrium arduini 'Croatian Alpine' Germander 2 12
Teucrium asiaticum not available 5 2.6800000220537186
Teucrium chamaedrys Wall Germander 1 55
Teucrium cyprium 'Cyprus' Germander 5 143
Teucrium divaricatum Hoary Divaricate Germander 5 146
Teucrium gnaphalodes Iberian Germander 4 15.5
Teucrium kotschyanum Stavros Kotschy's Germander 5 45
Teucrium micropodioides Small 'Cyprus' Germander 5 238
Teucrium oxylepis not available 5 10.150000125169754
Teucrium polium Iberian Golden Germander; Golden Germander 8 68
Teucrium pseudoscorodonia not available 5 1.6509999930858612
Teucrium salviastrum not available 5 3.009999990463257
Teucrium scordium Water Germander 1 0
Teucrium scorodonia Germander; Wood Germander 6 2.0399999618530273
Theobroma angustifolium Castarica; Emerald Cacao 3 2, 374
Theobroma bicolor Nicaraguan Cacao; Pataste 3 28, 782
Theobroma cacao Cacao 8 67, 282
Thuja occidentalis Arbor-Vitae; Northern White-Cedar 3 0
Thymus broussonettii Moroccan Thyme 5 230