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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
SEROTONIN not available Duke, 1992 *
SKIMMIANINE not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRANDRINE not available Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
THEOPHYLLINE 100 uM Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL not available J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
TIGLOIDINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TUBOCURARINE 10-30 mg/ivn/man Martindale's 29th
USARMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
VERTICILLINE not available Duke, 1992 *
VOBTUSINE 10-50 mg/L 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.
XANTHOXYLINE not available Duke, 1992 *
YANGONIN 45 mg/kg ipr Duke, 1992 *
YANGONIN IC50 5 mg/kg ivn mus Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Cinnamomum verum Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon 8 1, 728, 186.799999237
Cissampelos pareira Butua; False Pareira; Pareira 4 7, 500
Cistanche salsa Broomrape; Cistanchis Herba; Jou Tsung Jung 1 2, 430
Cistus ladaniferus Ambreine; Gum Cistus; Labdanum; Rockrose 5 21, 840
Citrullus colocynthis Colocynth 3 0
Citrullus lanatus Watermelon 2 18, 000
Citrus aurantiifolia Lime 5 8, 660
Citrus aurantium Petitgrain; Bitter Orange 6 20, 782
Citrus limon Lemon 12 2, 708, 949.5
Citrus medica Citron 2 950
Citrus mitis Calamansi; Calamondin 2 0
Citrus paradisi Grapefruit 9 217, 181
Citrus reticulata Mandarin; Tangerine 7 22, 152.20000000298
Citrus sinensis Orange 8 26, 523.90000001341
Citrus spp Citrus 1 0
Cleonia lusitanica Spanish Heal-All 5 349
Cnicus benedictus Blessed Thistle 4 1, 770
Cnidium officinale Jih-Chiung 3 850
Cocos nucifera Coconut; Coconut Palm; Copra; Nariyal; Kokospalme (Ger.); Cocotero (Sp.) 3 4, 620
Coffea arabica Coffee 4 32, 025