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Chemical GENTIANINE

Chemical ID
GENTIANINE
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=480 (orl mus) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
LD50=350 (ipr mus)
LD50=250 (ivn mus) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
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
Myorelaxant not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotoxic not available R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Pesticide not available Duke, 1992 *
Sedative not available Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
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
Centaurium erythraea Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Gentiana lutea Root 6000.0 8000.0 1.0 Duke, 1992 *
Gentiana scabra Root not available 500.0 -1.0 Duke, 1992 *
Menyanthes trifoliata Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Swertia chirata Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Trigonella foenum-graecum Seed not available not available not available 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.