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Biological Activity Sympathomimetic

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
6-SHOGAOL not available HerbalGram No. 17.
ANETHOLE not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
COLCHICINE not available Duke, 1992 *
D-NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE not available Martindale's 29th
DOPAMINE not available Martindale's 29th
EPHEDRINE not available Merck 11th Edition
EPINEPHRINE not available Merck 11th Edition
HELENALIN not available Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
L-EPHEDRINE not available Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
L-NOREPINEPHRINE not available Merck 11th Edition
MESCALINE not available Martindale's 29th
MORINGININE not available Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
NORADRENALIN not available Martindale's 28th
PILOCARPINE 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.
PSEUDOEPHEDRINE not available Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
TYRAMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
TYRAMINE-HYDROCHLORIDE not available Martindale's 29th
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Murraya sp None 1 0
Musa x paradisiaca Banana; Plantain 1 1, 400
Myrrhis odorata Garden Myrrh; Myrrh; Sweet Chervil; Sweet Cicely; Cicely 1 0
Ocimum basilicum Basil; Sweet Basil; Cuban Basil 1 0
Ononis spinosa Spiny Restharrow; Restharrow; Hauhechel (Ger.) 1 0
Opuntia ficus-indica Indian Fig; Prickly Pear; Nopal; Nopalito 2 0
Origanum majorana Marjoram; Sweet Marjoram 1 0
Papaver somniferum Opium Poppy; Poppyseed Poppy 1 0
Persea americana Avocado 3 1, 555
Phoradendron serotinum Eastern Mistletoe 1 0
Pilocarpus jaborandi Indian Hemp; Pernambuco Jaborandi 1 20, 000
Pilocarpus microphyllus Maranhao Jaborandi 1 10, 000
Pilocarpus pennatifolius Paraguay Jaborandi 1 4, 000
Pilocarpus racemosus Guadalupe Jaborandi 1 4, 000
Pimpinella anisum Anise; Sweet Cumin 1 1, 800, 000
Pinellia ternata Ban-Xia; Pan-Hsia 1 0
Pinus sylvestris Scotch Pine 1 0
Pisum sativum Pea 1 0
Portulaca oleracea Purslane; Verdolaga 1 0
Prosopis glandulosa Mesquite; Honey Mesquite 1 0