Biological Activity Purgative | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Dosage	Reference
1,8-DIHYDROXYANTHRAQUINONE	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACHYRANTHINE	not available	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
ALOE-EMODIN	ED50=>59.6 mg/kg orl mus	Duke, 1992 *
ALOESIN	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOIN	not available	Merck 11th Edition
ALPHA-MANNITE	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-PELTATIN	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APOVINCAMINE	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ARECOLINE	not available	Martindale's 28th
BARBALOIN	ED50=15 mg/kg orl mus	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PELTATIN	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUXAMINE-A	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CATALPOL	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANOL	ED50=>500 mg/kg orl mus	Duke, 1992 *
COLCHICINE	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COLOCYNTHIN	not available	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
CONVALLARIN	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOBUXINE-D	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CYCLOPROTOBUXINE	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
EMODIN	ED50=>500 mg/kg orl mus	Duke, 1992 *

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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name	Common Name	Chemical Count	Total Parts Per Million
Verbascum thapsus	Mullein; Velvetplant; Flannelleaf; Flannelplant; Great Mullein	1	250
Verbena hastata	Blue Vervain; Wild Hyssop; American Blue Vervain	1	0
Verbena officinalis	Vervain	1	8, 000