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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
Phoenix dactylifera Date Palm 1 0
Physostigma venenosum Calabar Bean 1 0
Picrorhiza kurrooa Picrorhiza 1 0
Piper betel Betel Pepper 1 0
Plantago major Common Plantain 2 15, 000
Podophyllum hexandrum Himalayan Mayapple 2 81, 000
Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple 4 21, 000
Podophyllum pleianthum Chinese Mayapple 1 0
Polianthes tuberosa Tuberose 1 0
Polygonum multiflorum Chinese Cornbind; Fleeceflower; Fo Ti; He Shou Wu; Chinese Knotweed 4 0
Populus tacamahacca Balm Of Gilead 1 0
Prunus armeniaca Apricot 1 0
Prunus cerasus Sour Cherry 1 0
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken; Bracken Fern 1 0
Pulsatilla chinensis Chinese Anemone 1 0
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 1 72, 800
Ranunculus bulbosus Bulbous Buttercup 1 0
Rehmannia glutinosa Chinese Foxglove 1 1, 100
Rhamnus cathartica Buckthorn; European Buckthorn 1 360
Rheum officinale Chinese Rhubarb 6 9, 027