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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
LACTUCIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LACTUCOPICRIN *
LAGOCHILIN 30 mg/man CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LAGOCHILIN-TETRAACETATE 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) *
LINALOOL ED=1-32 mg/kg Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
LINALYL-ACETATE *
LIRIODENINE Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
LYCORINE Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
MALTOL 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 *
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 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 Merck 11th Edition
METHOXYANNOMONTINE *
METHYL-EUGENOL *
METHYL-PHTHALIDES 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
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 20 723, 800
Artemisia herba-alba Desert Wormwood 8 319
Artemisia pallens Davana 2 116
Artemisia salsoloides 9 111, 600
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 9 235
Artocarpus altilis Breadfruit 2 2, 845
Artocarpus heterophyllus Jackfruit 1 15
Arundo donax Giant Reed 1 0
Asarum canadense Wild Ginger 5 0
Asiasarum heterotropoides Asian Wild Ginger 2 0
Asiasarum sieboldii Siebold's Wild Ginger 2 0
Asimina triloba Pawpaw 7 537.876999925822
Aspalathus linearis Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea 9 141, 601.98000007868
Asparagus officinalis Asparagus 2 4, 418
Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco Quebracho 1 0
Astragalus membranaceus Huang-Chi; Huang Qi 4 0
Atractylodes lancea Cang Zhu 1 0
Atropa bella-donna Belladonna 2 8, 888
Avena sativa Oats 7 5, 119
Averrhoa bilimbi Bilimbi; Limon chino 1 104