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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Chemical ID

MENADIONE

Ubiquitous

No

List of known dosages
Dosage
LDlo=230 (orl rbt)

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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
Allelochemic	IC50=0.18 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.
Antibacterial	10 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant	not available	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.
Antihypoprothrombinemic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antinauseant	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	IC50=123 uM gpg (weak activity)	Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1 ug/mL	Frydman, B., et al. 1997. Induction of DNA Topoisomerase II-Mediated DNA Cleavage by Beta-lapachone and Related Naphthoquinones. Cancer Research, 57: 620-627.