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Biological Activity Tranquilizer

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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
CAUDOSTROSIDE not available Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
CINNAMALDEHYDE not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ISOASARONE not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
COIXOL not available Duke, 1992 *
CORYDALINE not available Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
CORYNANTHEINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CRYOGENINE not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DESERPIDINE 100-1,000 ug/man/day Martindale's 29th
DIDROVALTRATUM not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DIVARICOSIDE not available Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
DIVOSTROSIDE not available Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
DL-TETRAHYDROPALMATINE not available Duke, 1992 *
GABA not available Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID not available Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
GINSENOSIDE-RB-1 not available Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
HARMAN not available Duke, 1992 *
HARMANE not available Duke, 1992 *
HOBENOSIDES not available Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
HYPERICIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPSORALEN not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Dioscorea bulbifera Air Potato; Potato Yam 2 5, 498
Dioscorea pentaphylla Mountain Yam 2 2, 192
Dioscorea sp. Wild Yam 2 4, 690
Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam 2 4, 690
Diospyros digyna Black Sapote; Sapote Negro 1 2, 140
Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon 3 41, 478
Dipsacus fullonum not available 1 20, 900
Dracocephalum thymiflora Thyme-Flowered Moldavica 1 2
Drynaria fortunei Fortune's Fern 2 20, 140
Dryopteris marginalis Marginal Wood Fern; Marginal Fern 2 0
Duboisia myoporoides Corkwood Tree; Pituri 1 3, 400
Durio zibethinus Durian 1 600
Echinacea angustifolia Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower 1 0
Echinacea pallida Echinacea; Pale-Flower Echinacea; Pale Purple-Coneflower 1 0
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower 3 15, 450
Echinacea spp Coneflower; Echinacea 4 19, 240
Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian Olive; Silver Berry 1 0
Elaeagnus commutata Silver Berry 1 507
Elaeagnus umbellatus Russian Olive 2 2, 080
Elaeis guineensis African Oil Palm 1 1, 360