Chemical HCN | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Chemical ID

HCN

Ubiquitous

List of known dosages
Dosage	Reference
LD50=3.7 (orl mus)
LD=50-100 mg/man	Martindale's 29th
LDlo=0.570 (orl hmn)
LDlo=4 (orl dog)

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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
Antiasthmatic	not available	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antidote	Ihl (=Amyl Nitrite)	Martindale's 29th
Antitussive	not available	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchosedative	not available	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Insecticide	not available	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Pesticide	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Respirastimulant	not available	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Rodenticide	not available	Martindale's 29th
Vasomotor-Stimulant	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Acacia farnesiana	Leaf	not available	4.5	-1.2	Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
Acacia leucophloea	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Acacia senegal	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Acacia tortilis	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Acalypha indica	Leaf	not available	2700.0	0.7	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Ageratum conyzoides	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Alocasia macrorrhiza	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Annona muricata	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Annona reticulata	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Annona squamosa	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Aquilegia vulgaris	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Artocarpus altilis	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Borago officinalis	Plant	not available	15.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Caesalpinia pulcherrima	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ceiba pentandra	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Chaenomeles lagenaria	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Chenopodium album	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Corchorus olitorius	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Crescentia alata	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
Cymbopogon citratus	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.