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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
Prunus domestica Plum 2 3, 400
Prunus dulcis Almond 1 3, 126
Prunus persica Peach 1 8, 880
Prunus serotina Black Cherry; Wild Cherry 3 30, 000
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn; Sloe 1 0
Psidium cattleianum Strawberry Guava 1 880
Psidium guajava Guava 6 28, 735
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Asparagus Pea; Goa Bean; Winged Bean 1 8, 907
Psoralea corylifolia Babchi; Black Dot; Malaya Tea 3 14, 778
Psoralea esculenta Indian Bread-Root; Prairie Apple; Prairie Potato; Indian Turnip; Breadroot; Prairie Turnip 1 8, 400
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken; Bracken Fern 1 0
Pterocarpus marsupium Indian Kino; Malabar Kino; bijasal 2 0
Pterocarpus santalinus Red Saunders 1 0
Ptychopetalum olacoides Muira Puama 3 21, 000
Pueraria montana Kudzu; Kudsu 7 102, 888
Pueraria pseudohirsuta Chinese Kudzu 3 3, 690
Pulsatilla chinensis Chinese Anemone 1 3, 190
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 7 321, 056
Pycnanthemum albescens White Mountain Mint 2 5, 967
Pycnanthemum beadlei Beadle's Mountain Mint 5 567