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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
MATRINE *
MESACONITINE *
MYRISTICIN Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
NANDININE *
NANTENINE *
PELLETIERINE ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
QUERCITRIN *
ROBIN *
VERMEERIC-ACID *
ZINGERONE *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Abelmoschus esculentus Okra 1 70
Acacia catechu Black Cutch; Catechu 1 0
Acacia nilotica Babul 1 0
Achillea millefolium Yarrow; Milfoil 1 0
Aconitum carmichaelii Aconite; Fu-Tsu 3 0
Aconitum napellus European Aconite; Monkshood; Aconite; Bear's-Foot; Blue Rocket; Friar's Cap; Garden Monkshood; Garden Wolfsbane; Helmet Flower; Queen's Fettle; Soldier's Cap; Turk's Cap 2 0
Adonis vernalis Spring Adonis 1 0
Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut 2 0
Aframomum melegueta Alligator Pepper; Grains-of-Paradise; Guinea Grains; Melegueta Pepper; Malagettapfeffer (Ger.); Malagueta (Sp.) 1 0
Agastache pallidiflora 1 0
Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony; Sticklewort 1 0
Ajuga reptans Bugle; Bugleweed; Blue Bugle; Bugleherb; Common Bugle 1 0
Aloe descoingsii 1 0
Aloe globuligemma 1 0
Aloe krapohliana 1 0
Aloe ortholopha 1 0
Aloe viguieri 1 0
Amorphophallus konjac Devil's Tongue; Konjac; Leopard Palm; Umbrella Arum; Elephant Yam; Snake Palm 1 0
Anethum graveolens Dill; Garden Dill 2 411, 440
Anisodus tanguticus Zang Qie 1 0