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Chemical ID
THUJONE
Ubiquitous
No
| Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|
| LD50=134 (scu mus) | Merck 11th Edition |
| LDlo=120 (ipr rat) | Jim Duke's personal files. |
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| Activity | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Abortifacient | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Anthelmintic | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antibacterial | not available | J. Ess. Oil Res. 7: 271. |
| Antiseptic | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antispasmodic | ED50=0.127 mg/ml | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Cerebrodepressant | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Convulsant | 40 mg/kg | 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. |
| Counterirritant | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Emmenagogue | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Epileptigenic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hallucinogenic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | IC50=22 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. |
| Neurotoxic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Perfumery | not available | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Respirainhibitor | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Toxic | not available | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achillea millefolium | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemisia dracunculus | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 60000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemisia dracunculus | Shoot | 60.0 | 600.0 | 1.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Capsicum frutescens | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carum carvi | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carum carvi | 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. |
| Glycyrrhiza glabra | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Juniperus sabina | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Matricaria recutita | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| Mentha arvensis var. piperascens | 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. |
| Mentha pulegium | Plant | 10.0 | 20.0 | -0.6 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Mentha pulegium | Essential Oil | not available | 1000.0 | -1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mentha x rotundifolia | Leaf | 20.0 | 360.0 | -0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pimenta racemosa | Leaf | 0.0 | 16.0 | -0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Shoot | 19.0 | 190.0 | -0.3 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Rosmarinus officinalis | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Salvia officinalis | Et | not available | 457000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Salvia officinalis | Leaf | 1453.0 | 12636.0 | 1.4 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Salvia officinalis | Plant | 2500.0 | 13000.0 | 2.0 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Salvia officinalis | Essential Oil | 451300.0 | 531000.0 | 1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |