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Chemical TANNIN

Chemical ID
TANNIN
Ubiquitous
Yes
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD 3,500 mg/kg (orl mus) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
LD 40 mg/kg (ivn mus) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
LD 2,260 mg/kg (orl rat) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
LD 1,500 mg/kg (scu rat) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
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
Anthelmintic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial not available Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer not available Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric not available Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic not available Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV not available Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive not available Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic not available Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiophidic not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant IC50=1.44 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 1/3 quercetin Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 500 mg/kg/day orl mus Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiradicular 1/3 quercetin Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic not available Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antitumor not available Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter not available Duke, 1992 *
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
Acacia catechu Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Acacia leucophloea Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Acacia melanoxylon Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Acacia nilotica Seed not available 66100.0 -0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Acacia nilotica Wood not available 63500.0 0.4 Duke, 1992 *
Acacia nilotica Bark not available 27100.0 -1.0 Duke, 1992 *
Acacia nilotica Fruit not available 349500.0 2.5 Duke, 1992 *
Acacia nilotica Resin, Exudate, Sap 170000.0 200000.0 -0.7 Duke, 1992 *
Acacia senegal Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Acacia tortilis Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Acacia tortilis Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Acalypha indica Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Achillea millefolium Plant 28000.0 40000.0 -0.6 Duke, 1992 *
Acorus calamus Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Acorus calamus Rhizome not available 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
Actaea cimicifuga Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Actaea racemosa Root 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.
Actinidia chinensis Fruit not available 9500.0 -0.8 Duke, 1992 *
Adiantum capillus-veneris Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Aegle marmelos Fruit not available 90000.0 0.0 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.