Biological Activity Sedative | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name	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	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 *
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	Common Name	Chemical Count	Total Parts Per Million
Annona squamosa	Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop	10	822
Apium graveolens	Celery	32	5, 185, 179
Apocynum cannabinum	Bitterroot; Spreading Dogbane	1	0
Aquilaria agallocha	Lignum Aloe	1	0
Arachis hypogaea	Groundnut; Peanut	6	7, 176
Aralia cordata	Udo	5	654.5
Araucaria bidwillii	Monkey puzzle	1	0
Arctium lappa	Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock	9	8, 514
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Bearberry; Uva Ursi	3	933
Ardisia japonica	Marlberry	1	0
Areca catechu	Betel Nut; Pin-Lang	2	2, 013.6000003814697
Argemone mexicana	Prickly Poppy	4	1, 250
Aristolochia serpentaria	Serpentaria; Virginia Snakeroot	1	0
Armoracia rusticana	Horseradish	5	90
Arnica montana	Leopard's-Bane; Mountain Tobacco	3	0
Arracacia xanthorrhiza	Arracacha; Peruvian Carrot	1	250
Artemisia abrotanum	Southernwood	2	0
Artemisia annua	Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN)	18	158, 500
Artemisia capillaris	Capillary Wormwood	8	0
Artemisia cina	Levant Wormseed	1	24, 000