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Chemical COUMARIN

Chemical ID
COUMARIN
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=202 (orl gpg) Merck 11th Edition
LD50=293 (orl rat) CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses, Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
LD50=680 (orl rat) Merck 11th Edition
LD50=720 (orl rat)
List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 10 ug/ml cow (weak activity, 11% inhibition) Okada,Y,et al.1995.Search for Naturally Occurring Substances to Prevent the Complications of Diabetes.II.Inhibitory Effect of Coumarin and Flavonoid Derivatives on Bovine Lens Aldose Reductase and Rabbit Platelet Aggregation.Chem Pharm Bull43(8):1385-1387
Allelochemic IC100=2 mM Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Analgesic not available Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Anesthetic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant not available Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic not available Planta Medica, 56(6): 671, 1990.
Antibrucellosic not available Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticancer (Kidney) 400-7,000 mg/day Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Prostate) 400-7,000 mg/day Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antidiuretic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic not available Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiesherichic not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiinflammatory not available Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antilymphedemic not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimelanomic 50 mg/day Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic 50 mg/man/day Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimitotic not available Pandeya, S.N. 1970. Biological Activity of Adamantyl Derivatives. The Indian Journal of Pharmacy, 33: 7.
Antimononuccleotic not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimutagenic not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimycoplasmotic not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Acacia farnesiana Flower not available not available not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Acacia farnesiana Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Ageratum conyzoides Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Ageratum conyzoides Shoot not available 1040.0 -1.0 R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
Aloe vera Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Althaea officinalis Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Althaea officinalis Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Ammi visnaga Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Apium graveolens Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia annua Shoot not available not available not available Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Artemisia annua Plant not available not available not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
Artemisia capillaris Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia dracunculus Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia vulgaris Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Astragalus membranaceus Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Capparis spinosa Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Cichorium intybus Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Cinnamomum aromaticum Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Cinnamomum verum Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Cinnamomum verum Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *