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Biological Activity Purgative

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
Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo; Maidenhair Tree 1 0
Gloriosa superba Glory Lily 1 0
Hedera helix Ivy 1 0
Hippeastrum vittatum Barbados lily 1 0
Hyptis verticillata Barrehorno; John Charles 1 1, 000
Juniperus sabina Sabine 1 0
Juniperus virginiana Red Cedar 1 0
Leonurus cardiaca Motherwort 1 0
Ligustrum japonicum Japanese Privet; Ligustri Fructus 1 0
Lobelia inflata Indian Tobacco; Lobelia 1 45, 020
Lobelia tupa Devil's Tobacco 1 0
Lycoris radiata Spider Lily 1 0
Lycoris squamigera Magic Lily; Resurrection Lily 1 0
Malus domestica Apple 1 0
Monarda didyma Beebalm; Oswego Tea 1 0
Morinda citrifolia Indian Mulberry; Noni 1 75
Narcissus tazetta Daffodil 1 0
Nerium oleander Oleander 1 0
Nicotiana tabacum Tobacco 1 0
Pancratium maritimum Sea Daffodil 1 0