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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
LACTUCIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LACTUCOPICRIN not available Duke, 1992 *
LAGOCHILIN 30 mg/man CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LAGOCHILIN-TETRAACETATE not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LICARIN-B 200 mg/kg ipr Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONENE ED=1-32 mg/kg Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
LINALOOL 200 mg/kg ipr mus (1% as active as diazepam) Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL ED=1-32 mg/kg Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
LINALYL-ACETATE not available Duke, 1992 *
LIRIODENINE not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
LYCORINE not available Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
MALTOL not available Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
MARACUGIN not available Duke, 1992 *
MARSILIN 400 mg/kg =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
MENTHONE not available Ortiz de Urbina, A.V., Martin*, M.L., Montero, M.J., Moran, A., and San Roman, L. 1988. Sedating and Antipyretic Activity of the Essential Oil of Calamintha sylvatica subsp. Ascendens. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 25: 165-171, 1989.
MENTHYL-VALERATE not available Merck 11th Edition
METHOXYANNOMONTINE not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PHTHALIDES not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
METHYSTICIN 45 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.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Sort descending Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Eucalyptus lansdowneana not available 10 739.8000001907349
Eucalyptus largisparsa not available 10 6, 750.799999713898
Eucalyptus leucoxylon not available 10 1, 483.5
Eucalyptus maculata Gum 10 8, 735.60000000894
Eucalyptus maideni not available 11 14, 280.900000013411
Eucalyptus melanophloia not available 10 77.60000002384186
Eucalyptus melliodora not available 11 16, 025.60000000894
Eucalyptus moluccana not available 11 7, 590.4000000059605
Eucalyptus nova-anglica New England 'peppermint' 5 1, 507
Eucalyptus occidentalis not available 11 5, 276.700000010431
Eucalyptus ochrophloia not available 10 95.19999998807907
Eucalyptus odorata not available 10 2, 965.800000190735
Eucalyptus oviformis not available 11 4, 306.000000014901
Eucalyptus paniculata not available 6 740
Eucalyptus polyanthemos not available 11 1, 888.3000000044703
Eucalyptus populnea not available 11 2, 328.9999997615814
Eucalyptus porosa not available 10 8, 652
Eucalyptus punctata not available 10 11, 320.20000000298
Eucalyptus saligna not available 10 3, 248.10000000149
Eucalyptus siderophloia not available 11 2, 340.6000000089407