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Biological Activity Pressor

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
6-SHOGAOL not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CATHINONE not available Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
CYTISINE not available 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.
L-EPHEDRINE not available Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
VININE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Aframomum melegueta Alligator Pepper; Grains-of-Paradise; Guinea Grains; Melegueta Pepper; Malagettapfeffer (Ger.); Malagueta (Sp.) 1 0
Baptisia tinctoria Wild Indigo 1 0
Cytisus scoparius Scotch Broom 1 0
Ephedra sinica Ma Huang; Chinese Ephedra 1 0
Ephedra spp Ma-Huang 1 0
Genista tinctoria Dyer's Broom 1 0
Laburnum anagyroides Golden Chain Tree 1 0
Pinellia ternata Ban-Xia; Pan-Hsia 1 0
Sophora angustifolia Narrowleaf Sophora 1 0
Sophora japonica Japanese Pagoda Tree 1 0
Sophora secundiflora Mescal Bean 1 0
Spartium junceum Genet; Spanish Broom; Weaver's Broom 1 18, 900
Ulex europaeus Gorse 1 1, 000
Vinca minor Periwinkle; Running-Myrtle 1 0
Zingiber officinale Ginger 1 330