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Biological Activity Nephrotoxic

List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
2-NAPTHOL not available Merck 11th Edition
ACRONYCINE 2 mg/kg 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.
AESCIN >20 mg/man/day Duke, 1992 *
ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
ATRACTYLOSIDE IC50=50 mg/kg scu Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM not available Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
CINERINS not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
D-LIMONENE not available Duke, 1992 *
DIPHENYLAMINE 35 mg/day (=100 g onion) Duke, 1992 *
ESCIN >20 mg/man/day Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID not available Martindale's 29th
GOLD not available Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM not available Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
MANNITOL not available Martindale's 29th
MERCURY not available Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
N-AMYL-ALCOHOL not available Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
PULEGONE not available R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
PYROGALLOL not available Martindale's 29th
URANIUM not available Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Pycnanthemum muticum Muticous Mountain Mint 1 40, 250
Pycnanthemum pilosum Pilose Mountain Mint 1 56, 000
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides Typical Mountain Mint 1 34, 336
Pycnanthemum setosum Setose Mountain Mint 1 19, 747
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slenderleaf Mountain Mint 1 13, 440
Pycnanthemum torreyi Torrey's Mountain Mint 1 820
Pycnanthemum verticillatum Whorled Mountain Mint 1 14, 595
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia Mountain Mint 1 19, 024
Pyrus communis Pear 4 0.8840000089257956
Quassia amara Bitterwood; Quassia 1 0
Quercus alba White Oak 4 7.460000038146973
Quercus infectoria Aleppo Oak; Dyer's Oak; Gall Oak 1 120, 000
Quercus phellos Willow Oak 1 3
Quercus robur English Oak 1 0
Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak 6 5.351000089081936
Quercus stellata Post Oak 2 1.025000000372529
Quercus velutina Black Oak 2 6.129999816417694
Quisqualis indica Rangoon Creeper 1 0.009999999776482582
Raphanus sativus Radish 2 0.5839999932795763
Rehmannia glutinosa Chinese Foxglove 1 74, 000