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Biological Activity Neoplastic

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
COLCHAMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMALDEHYDE not available Martindale's 29th
FRUCTOSE not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
JACOBINE not available Duke, 1992 *
LACTOSE not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry 1 41, 000
Rosa canina Rose; Dogbrier; Dog Rose 1 0
Rosa spp Rose Hips 1 0
Rubus chingii Chinese Raspberry 1 0
Rubus idaeus Red Raspberry; Raspberry 1 0
Sambucus nigra European Alder; European Elder; European Elderberry; Elder; Black Elder 1 770, 750
Santalum album White Sandalwood 1 0
Scrophularia buergeriana Hsuan-Shen; Yuan-Shen 1 0
Serenoa repens Saw Palmetto; Scrub-Palmetto 1 0
Silybum marianum Milk Thistle; Lady's Thistle 1 0
Sinapis alba White Mustard 1 0
Solanum nigrum Black Nightshade 1 100, 000
Solanum tuberosum Potato 1 0
Spondias pinnata Yellow Mombin; Yellow Plum 1 36, 000
Symphytum officinale Comfrey 1 0
Tamarindus indica Tamarind; Kilytree; Indian Tamarind 1 360, 000
Taraxacum officinale Dandelion 1 0
Terminalia bellirica Beleric Myrobalan; Bahera; Myrobalan Belleric; Myrobalan; Belleric 1 0
Terminalia chebula Ink Nut; Myrobalan; Black Myrobalan; Chebulic Myrobalan 1 40, 000
Teucrium chamaedrys Wall Germander 1 0