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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
SEDANENOLIDE not available Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
SERPENTINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL not available Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
SINOMENINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SKIMMIANINE not available Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
SOLANINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SOMNIFERINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINOSIN not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL not available Duke, 1992 *
SWERTISIN not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRAHYDROPALMATINE 100-200 mg/man Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 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.
TIGLOIDINE not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICHOTOMINE not available Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
TRYPTOPHAN 3-10 g/man/day Duke, 1992 *
VALEPOTRIATES not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
VALERENIC-ACID not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
VALERENONE not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
VALERIC-ACID 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
Pinus palustris Longleaf Pine 3 160, 750
Pinus pinea Italian Stone Pine; Pignolia 2 6, 576
Pinus roxburghii Chir Pine; Himalayan Longleaf 1 600, 000
Pinus sylvestris Scotch Pine 15 745, 275
Pinus walliciana Bhutan Pine 4 0
Piper auritum Cordoncillo; Hierba Santa; Hoja Santa 9 300
Piper betel Betel Pepper 6 23, 948
Piper cubeba Cubeb; Cubeb Pepper 9 282, 000
Piper methysticum Kava-Kava 6 162, 426
Piper nigrum Black Pepper; Pepper; White Pepper 22 985, 861.5
Pistacia lentiscus Mastic; Chios Mastictree; Mastictree; Mastixbaum (Ger.); Lentisco (Sp.) 3 0
Pistacia vera Pistachio 3 2, 959
Pisum sativum Pea 5 4, 738
Plantago major Common Plantain 5 65
Plantago ovata Blond Psyllium; Ispaghula; Spogel Seeds; Psyllium; Indian Plantago 1 0
Plantago psyllium Psyllium 2 0
Platonia insignis Bakuri; Pacouri 1 36
Platycodon grandiflorum Balloon Flower; Chieh-Keng; Jie-Geng 2 60, 309
Plectranthus amboinicus Amboini Coleus; Country Borage; Cuban Oregano; French Thyme; Indian Borage; Soup Mint; Spanish Thyme; Mexican Mint 2 288
Plectranthus barbatus Forskohl's Coleus; Indian Coleus; False Boldo 1 717, 000