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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Biological Activity Sympathomimetic

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
6-SHOGAOL HerbalGram No. 17.
ANETHOLE 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 *
D-NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE *
DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE Martindale's 29th
DOPAMINE Martindale's 29th
EPHEDRINE Merck 11th Edition
EPINEPHRINE Merck 11th Edition
HELENALIN Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
L-EPHEDRINE Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
L-NOREPINEPHRINE Merck 11th Edition
MESCALINE Martindale's 29th
MORINGININE Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
NORADRENALIN Martindale's 28th
PILOCARPINE 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 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
TYRAMINE *
TYRAMINE-HYDROCHLORIDE Martindale's 29th
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Zingiber officinale Ginger 1 330