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Biological Activity Sialogogue

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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 Dosage Reference
PILOCARPINE 2.5-5 mg man Martindale's 28th
PIPEROVATINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE not available Duke, 1992 *
SCHELHAMMERIDINE 50 orl cat Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
SLAFRAMINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SWERTIAMARIN not available Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
YOHIMBINE 0.3 mg/kg ivn rat Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Acacia nilotica Babul 1 0
Aconitum carmichaelii Aconite; Fu-Tsu 3 0
Aconitum napellus European Aconite; Monkshood; Aconite; Bear's-Foot; Blue Rocket; Friar's Cap; Garden Monkshood; Garden Wolfsbane; Helmet Flower; Queen's Fettle; Soldier's Cap; Turk's Cap 3 0
Alchornea floribunda Niando 1 0
Allium cepa Onion; Shallot 1 0
Allium schoenoprasum Chives 1 0
Alocasia macrorrhiza Giant Taro 1 0
Anamirta cocculus Levant Berry 1 0
Ananas comosus Pineapple 1 4, 700
Angelica archangelica Garden Angelica; Angelica; Wild Parsnip 1 0
Annona muricata Soursop 1 0
Annona squamosa Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop 1 0
Apium graveolens Celery 1 0
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry; Uva Ursi 1 0
Areca catechu Betel Nut; Pin-Lang 1 2, 000
Argemone mexicana Prickly Poppy 1 0
Arnica montana Leopard's-Bane; Mountain Tobacco 1 0
Artocarpus heterophyllus Jackfruit 1 0
Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco Quebracho 1 0
Avena sativa Oats 1 0