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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
Pinus edulis Pinyon Pine 1 2, 650
Pinus elliottii Slash Pine 1 0
Pinus mugo Dwarf Pine; Swiss Mountain Pine 2 0
Pinus strobus Eastern White Pine; White Pine 1 0
Pinus sylvestris Scotch Pine 8 96, 675
Pinus walliciana Bhutan Pine 1 0
Piper auritum Cordoncillo; Hierba Santa; Hoja Santa 4 0
Piper betel Betel Pepper 1 6, 635
Piper cubeba Cubeb; Cubeb Pepper 5 10, 800
Piper methysticum Kava-Kava 5 270, 772
Piper nigrum Black Pepper; Pepper; White Pepper 10 1, 308, 057
Pistacia lentiscus Mastic; Chios Mastictree; Mastictree; Mastixbaum (Ger.); Lentisco (Sp.) 1 0
Pistacia vera Pistachio 1 1, 644
Pisum sativum Pea 1 7, 991
Plantago asiatica Asian Plantain 1 5, 320
Plantago major Common Plantain 3 1, 060
Plantago ovata Blond Psyllium; Ispaghula; Spogel Seeds; Psyllium; Indian Plantago 1 0
Plantago psyllium Psyllium 1 510
Platycodon grandiflorum Balloon Flower; Chieh-Keng; Jie-Geng 1 4, 530
Plectranthus barbatus Forskohl's Coleus; Indian Coleus; False Boldo 2 730, 890