Chemical ID
GOSSYPOL
Ubiquitous
No
Dosage | Reference |
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LD50=2,315-2,570 (orl rat) | 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=550 (orl pig) |
Activity | Dosage | Reference |
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Interferonogenic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Larvicide | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Libidolytic | not available | Martindale's 29th |
Mutagenic | not available | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
Nematistat | 125 ug/ml | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
Paralytic | 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 * |
Prostaglandigenic | not available | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 8.4-380 nM | Xiao, D. M., Wang, X. L., Zhang, J. B., Chen, H. C. 1991. Effects of Gossypol of Phorbol Ester-Calcimycin-induced Prostaglandin Synthesis by Macrophages. Chin Med J, 104(4): 321-325. |
Spermicide | 0.2-100 uM | Duke, 1992 * |
Spermicide | 30 mg/kg rats | Duke, 1992 * |
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 3.4 uM | Duke, 1992 * |
Toxic | not available | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
Tumorigenic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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Abelmoschus esculentus | Seed | 32.0 | 70.0 | -0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Ceiba pentandra | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Glycine max | Seed | not available | 60.0 | -0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Gossypium sp | Oil | 500.0 | 7000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Gossypium sp | Seed | 50.0 | 2500.0 | -0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Helianthus annuus | Seed | not available | 10.0 | -0.6 | Duke, 1992 * |
Thespesia populnea | Root | not available | 12500.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
Thespesia populnea | Seed | not available | 31400.0 | 2.0 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
Thespesia populnea | Stem | not available | 14300.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
Thespesia populnea | Flower | not available | 4000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
Thespesia populnea | Leaf | not available | 16600.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |