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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
ASARONE *
CYTISINE *
DRONABINOL Martindale's 29th
HYOSCYAMINE Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
MENTHONE *
MESCALINE *
METHYSTICIN 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.
MYRISTICIN 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.
SAFROLE 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.
SCOPOLAMINE *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Chenopodium ambrosioides Epazote; Wormseed 1 0
Cinnamomum aromaticum Cassia; Cassia Bark; Cassia Lignea; Chinese Cassia; Chinese Cinnamon; China Junk Cassia; Saigon Cinnamon; Zimtcassie (Ger.); Canela de la China (Sp.); Canelero chino (Sp.); Chinazimt (Ger.); Chinesischer Zimtbaum (Ger.); Kashia-Keihi (Jap.); Canelle de Cochinchine (Fr.); Cannelier Casse (Fr.); Cannelier de Chine (Fr.) 1 0
Cinnamomum camphora Camphor; Ho Leaf 1 0
Cinnamomum verum Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon 1 46, 000
Coriandrum sativum Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro 1 0
Cytisus scoparius Scotch Broom 1 0
Datura candida Borrachero; Floripondio 2 6, 600
Datura innoxia Thorn Apple 2 18, 340
Datura metel Hindu Datura 2 10, 105
Datura stramonium Jimsonweed 2 3, 540
Daucus carota Carrot 2 434
Dracocephalum thymiflora Thyme-Flowered Moldavica 1 28
Duboisia myoporoides Corkwood Tree; Pituri 2 10, 054.006000000285
Elettaria cardamomum Cardamom 1 57, 700
Elytrigia repens Couchgrass; Doggrass; Quackgrass; Wheatgrass; Twitchgrass 1 85
Ephedra sinica Ma Huang; Chinese Ephedra 2 8
Foeniculum vulgare Fennel 1 28, 000
Genista tinctoria Dyer's Broom 1 0
Hamamelis virginiana Witch Hazel 1 10
Hedeoma drummondii Drummond's Pennyroyal 1 126