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Biological Activity Phototoxic

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
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERTHIENYL not available Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
ANGELICIN not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERASTINE 9 ppm Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 9 ppm Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN not available Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMIN not available Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
DICTAMINE not available Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
DICTAMNINE not available Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
ENCECALIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
EUPATORIOCHROMENE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FLINDERSIAMINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FUROCOUMARIN not available Duke, 1992 *
HAPLOPINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HARMALINE not available Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
HYPERICIN 3 g/kg Duke, 1992 *
METHOXYHARMALINE not available Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
PIMPINELLIN not available Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN not available Duke, 1992 *
QUININE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Adonis vernalis Spring Adonis 1 0
Aegle marmelos Bael de India; Bael fruit 2 0
Ammi majus Bishop's Weed 5 3, 100
Ammi visnaga Visnaga 1 0
Andira inermis Cabbage Bark 1 0
Anethum graveolens Dill; Garden Dill 1 0
Angelica archangelica Garden Angelica; Angelica; Wild Parsnip 6 394, 950
Angelica dahurica Bai Zhi 1 0
Angelica sinensis Dang Gui; Dong Quai; Dang Quai; Dang Qui; Dong Gui; Chinese Angelica 1 0
Apium graveolens Celery 4 669.1299999654293
Argemone mexicana Prickly Poppy 1 410
Balanites aegyptiacus Desert Date; Soapberry Tree; dattier du desert (Fr.); dattier sauvage (Fr.); heglik (Fr.); Zachunbaum (Ger.); betu (India); hingotia (India); lalo (India); zachun (India); mirobalano de Egipto (Sp.) 1 0
Banisteriopsis caapi Ayahuasca; Caapi; Yage; Soul Vine; Spirit Vine 1 0
Berberis vulgaris Barberry 1 253, 300
Carum carvi Caraway; Carum; Kummel (Ger.); Comino (Sp.); Comino de prado (Sp.) 1 0
Casimiroa edulis Matasano; White sapote 3 0
Caulophyllum thalictroides Blue Cohosh 1 0
Chelidonium majus Celandine 1 0
Cinchona officinalis Lojabark; Quinine 1 0
Cinchona pubescens Quinine; Red Cinchona; Red Peruvian-Bark; Redbark 1 308, 260