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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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THUJONE

Chemical ID
THUJONE
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=134 (scu mus) Merck 11th Edition
LDlo=120 (ipr rat) Jim Duke's personal files.

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Abortifacient 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 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antibacterial J. Ess. Oil Res. 7: 271.
Antiseptic 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 *
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 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Emmenagogue 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 *
Hallucinogenic *
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 *
Perfumery Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide *
Respirainhibitor *
Toxic Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
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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
Salvia triloba Plant 100.0 1620.0 -0.3 *
Sassafras albidum Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Satureja hortensis Plant 1.5 180.0 -0.6 *
Sideritis scardica Shoot 20.0 -1.0 Menkovic, N., et al. 1991. The Essential Oil of Sideritis scardica. Pl. Med. 57. Suppl. 2. pp. A137-A132.
Thymus orospedanus Plant 1.0 -0.6 J. Nat. Prod.
Tsuga canadensis Branches *