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Biological Activity Sedative

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List of activity chemicals.
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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 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 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