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Biological Activity Sedative

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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 Sort descending Dosage Reference
CRYOGENINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CRYPTOCARYALACTONE 250 mg/kg Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
CUMINALDEHYDE not available Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
CUSSONOSIDE-A not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOSTACHINE-A not available Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
DAIGREMONTIANIN not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-9-THC 10 mg/orl/man/day Martindale's 28th
DESERPIDINE not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DESMETHOXYANGONIN 200 mg/kg ipr Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
DIAZEPAM 40-200 ug/lg/3-4x/day Martindale's 29th
DICENTRINE LD50=187 Duke, 1992 *
DIDROVALTRATUM not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DIHYDROKAWAIN not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
DIHYDROMETHYSTICIN 60 mg/kg ipr Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROVALTRATE not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOL ED50=1.57 Chem & Pharm. Bull., 36: 3153.
DIMETHOXYALLYLBENZENE not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYLVINYLCARBINOL not available Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DITETRAHYDROPALMATINE not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Sort descending Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Vigna subterranea Bambarra Groundnut; Groundbean 1 40
Vigna unguiculata Cowpea; Black-eyed Pea; Crowder Pea; Southern Pea 3 33, 863
Vinca minor Periwinkle; Running-Myrtle 3 51, 640
Viola odorata Common Violet; Sweet Violet 3 714
Viscum album European Mistletoe 3 0
Vitellaria paradoxa Butterseed; Shea Nut; Shea-Butter-Tree; Sheatree; Shea 2 4, 050
Vitex agnus-castus Chaste-Tree 9 1, 219, 390.7999999076
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 15 6, 394, 955.199996948
Withania somnifera Ashwagandha 4 0
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Yellowroot 3 13, 000
Xanthosoma sagittifolium Malanga; Tannia; Yautia 1 60
Xylopia aethiopica Ethiopian Pepper; Guinea Pepper; Negro Pepper; Spice Tree; Mohrenpfeffer (Ger.); Maniguete (Sp.); Pimienta de Guinea (Sp.) 1 7.700000166893005
Yucca baccata Spanish Bayonet; Yucca; Banana Yucca; Blue Yucca 1 0
Zanthoxylum alatum Indian Prickly Ash; Wartara Oil Tree 6 90
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 3 19
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood 1 0
Zea mays Corn 19 9, 279.699999988079
Zingiber officinale Ginger 31 757, 000
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 4 9, 159
Zizyphus spina-christi Syrian Christ-Thorn 1 41