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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
Rheum palmatum Chinese Rhubarb 11 155, 470
Rheum rhabarbarum Rhubarb 6 0
Robinia pseudoacacia Black Locust 1 16, 000
Rosmarinus officinalis Rosemary 1 0
Rubia cordifolia Madder 1 0
Rubus idaeus Red Raspberry; Raspberry 1 0
Rumex acetosa Garden Sorrel 3 0
Rumex acetosella Sheep Sorrel 3 0
Rumex crispus Curly Dock; Lengua De Vaca; Yellow Dock; Sour Dock 3 26, 604
Salvia officinalis Sage 1 0
Satureja montana Winter Savory; Savory 1 0
Scutellaria lateriflora Mad-Dog Skullcap; Scullcap 1 0
Senna alata Ringworm Bush 4 0
Senna alexandrina Alexandran senna; True Senna; Indian Senna 3 0
Senna obtusifolia Sicklepod 2 2, 800
Senna occidentalis Coffee Senna 5 0
Serenoa repens Saw Palmetto; Scrub-Palmetto 1 0
Sorbus aucubaria Rowan Berry 1 0
Terminalia chebula Ink Nut; Myrobalan; Black Myrobalan; Chebulic Myrobalan 2 0
Thymus vulgaris Common Thyme; Garden Thyme; Thyme 1 129