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Biological Activity Progesteronigenic

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
MELATONIN not available Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
PYRIDOXINE 40 mg/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Alisma plantago-aquatica Mud Plantain; Tse-Hsieh; Water Plantain; Ze-Xie 1 0
Allium cepa Onion; Shallot 1 0
Avena sativa Oats 2 5.480000019073486
Glycine max Soybean 1 6.400000095367432
Gossypium sp Cotton 1 0.8999999761581421
Hordeum vulgare Barley; Barleygrass 2 22
Ilex paraguariensis Mate; Paraguay Tea; South American Holly 1 0
Juglans regia English Walnut 1 0
Lens culinaris Lentil 1 4.900000095367432
Malus domestica Apple 1 0
Medicago sativa Alfalfa; Lucerne 1 0
Oryza sativa Rice 1 10
Persea americana Avocado 1 23
Petasites japonicus Butterbur 1 0
Pisum sativum Pea 1 1.399999976158142
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 1 0
Scutellaria baicalensis Chinese Skullcap; Huang Qin; Baikal Skullcap 1 21
Scutellaria lateriflora Mad-Dog Skullcap; Scullcap 1 0.18000000715255737
Sesamum indicum Sesame; Benneseed; Beni; Ajonjoli (Sp.); Sesamo (Sp.) 1 40
Tamarindus indica Tamarind; Kilytree; Indian Tamarind 1 6