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Chemical CYTISINE

Chemical ID
CYTISINE
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=1.73 (ivn mus) Merck 11th Edition
LD50=101 (orl mus) Merck 11th Edition
LD50=4 (scu dog) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
LD50=9.4 (ipr mus) Merck 11th Edition
List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Dosage Reference
Antiinflammatory not available Duke, 1992 *
Hallucinogenic not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Molluscicide not available Duke, 1992 *
Nematistat not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Pesticide not available Duke, 1992 *
Pressor 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.
Psychoactive not available Duke, 1992 *
Respirastimulant not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratogenic not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Toxic 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.
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
Baptisia tinctoria Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Baptisia tinctoria Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Baptisia tinctoria Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Cytisus scoparius Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Genista tinctoria Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Laburnum anagyroides Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Laburnum anagyroides Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Sophora angustifolia Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Sophora japonica Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Sophora secundiflora Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Spartium junceum Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Spartium junceum Fruit not available 6300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
Ulex europaeus Flower not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Ulex europaeus Plant not available 1000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.