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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 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.
YANGONIN 45 mg/kg ipr Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Ocimum tenuiflorum Anise-Scented Basil 9 11, 703
Oenothera biennis Evening-Primrose 2 9, 200
Olea europaea Olive 6 0
Ononis spinosa Spiny Restharrow; Restharrow; Hauhechel (Ger.) 5 177
Ophiopogon japonicus Mai-Men-Dong; Mai-Men-Tung 1 820
Opuntia ficus-indica Indian Fig; Prickly Pear; Nopal; Nopalito 3 8, 840
Origanum majorana Marjoram; Sweet Marjoram 8 446, 426
Origanum minutiflorum Small-Flowered Oregano 4 490
Origanum onites Oregano; Pot Marjoram 7 6, 444
Origanum sipyleum Bayircayi; Guveyoto 5 16, 860
Origanum syriacum Za'Atar 4 2, 475
Origanum vulgare Greek Oregano; Wild Oregano; Common Turkish Oregano 12 4, 614, 547.3000000045
Oryza sativa Rice 1 2, 200
Pachyrhizus erosus Yambean 1 1, 475
Paeonia lactiflora Chih-Shao; Peony; Common Garden Peony; White Peony; Bai Shao (Chinese) 3 29, 950
Paeonia moutan Moutan; Tree Peony 2 2, 360
Paeonia officinalis Double Peony 1 0
Paeonia suffruticosa Moutan; Tree Peony; Moutan Peony 2 153, 540
Panax ginseng Chinese Ginseng; Oriental Ginseng; Ginseng; Korean Ginseng 4 2, 284
Panax japonicus Japanese Ginseng 1 2, 400