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Biological Activity Purgative

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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
ESERIDINE not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GAMBOGIC-ACID not available Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
GENKWANIN not available Duke, 1992 *
JESACONITINE not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
LOBELINE not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCORINE not available Duke, 1992 *
MESACONITINE 0.3-0.5 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
MURICATIN-A not available Duke, 1992 *
NEPHRITIC not available Duke, 1992 *
PHORBOL not available Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
PHYSCION ED50=>500 mg/kg orl mus Duke, 1992 *
PODOPHYLLIN not available Martindale's 29th
PODOPHYLLOTOXIN not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOANEMONIN not available Duke, 1992 *
RHEIN ED50=97.5 mg/kg orl mus Duke, 1992 *
RHEINOSIDE ED50=15 mg/kg orl mus Duke, 1992 *
ROBIN not available Duke, 1992 *
SENNOSIDE-A ED50=13.5 mg/kg orl mus Duke, 1992 *
SENNOSIDE-B ED50=13.9 mg/kg orl mus Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Cassia marilandica Wild Senna 2 1
Cassia tora Sickle Senna 5 0
Citrullus colocynthis Colocynth 1 0
Clematis vitalba Traveler's Joy 1 0
Cocos nucifera Coconut; Coconut Palm; Copra; Nariyal; Kokospalme (Ger.); Cocotero (Sp.) 1 0
Colchicum autumnale Autumn Crocus; Meadow Saffron 1 24, 600
Convallaria majalis Lily-Of-The-Valley 1 0
Cornus florida American Dogwood 1 0
Crataegus laevigata Hawthorn; English Hawthorn; Whitethorn; Woodland Hawthorn 1 0
Crataegus rhipidophylla Hawthorn 1 0
Croton tiglium Purging Croton 1 0
Daphne genkwa Yuan Hua 1 0
Equisetum arvense Field Horsetail; Horsetail 1 0
Eremurus chinensis not available 1 0
Euphrasia officinalis Eyebright 1 0
Fallopia japonica Japanese Knotweed; Giant Knotweed; Mexican Bamboo; Hu-Zhang 2 26, 800
Frangula alnus Buckthorn 6 0
Frangula purshiana Cascara Sagrada; Cascara Buckthorn 6 0
Garcinia cambogia Brindleberry; Malabar Tamarind; Garcinia 1 0
Garcinia hanburyi Gamboge 1 0