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Biological Activity Vesicant

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
ANEMONIN not available Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOPLEURINE not available 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.
EMETINE not available Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
GINKGOLIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
PLUMBAGIN not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOANEMONIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TYLOPHORINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Actaea pachypoda American Baneberry; Doll's-Eyes; White Baneberry; White Cohosh; Baneberry 1 0
Actaea rubra Red Baneberry 1 0
Actaea spicata European Baneberry 1 0
Anemone pulsatilla Pasque Flower 2 0
Cephaelis ipecacuanha Ipecac; Raicilla 1 61, 500
Clematis vitalba Traveler's Joy 2 0
Dionaea muscipula Venus' Fly Trap 1 2, 050
Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo; Maidenhair Tree 1 0
Hedera helix Ivy 1 0
Juglans nigra Black Walnut 1 0
Juglans regia English Walnut 1 0
Pulsatilla chinensis Chinese Anemone 2 0
Ranunculus bulbosus Bulbous Buttercup 2 0
Tylophora indica Swallowwort; Indian Ipecac 1 0