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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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OUABAIN

Chemical ID
OUABAIN
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=14-17 (ivn rat) Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006., Merck 11th Edition
LD50=0.11 (ivn cat)
LD50=6.5 (ipr mus) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LD50=14 (orl rbt) Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Antiarrhythmic 0.025 mg/kg ivn cat Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antiviral Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Cardiotonic 100 ug/ivn/man/hr/up to 1 mg/day Martindale's 29th
Diuretic Merck 11th Edition
Emetic 0.06 mg/kg ivn cat Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Memorilytic Martindale's 28th
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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
Acokanthera schimperi Seed 1000.0 5000.0 -1.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Acokanthera schimperi Wood 2000.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Strophanthus gratus Seed 36000.0 76000.0 1.0 *