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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Abortifacient

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Chemical Name Dosage References
(-)-SPARTEINE -- *
ALBITOCIN -- Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
ALPHA-MOMORCHARIN -- *
ALPHA-THUJONE -- Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
APIOLE 5,000 orl rbt *
ARBORININE -- *
ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID -- *
BERBERASTINE -- *
BERBERINE -- *
BETA-BISABOLENE -- *
BETA-MOMORCHARIN -- *
BETA-THUJONE -- Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
BETA-TRICHOSANTHIN -- *
BETAINE -- *
BOLDINE -- Rodrigues de Almeida, E., Melo, A. M., Xavier, H. 2000. Toxicological Evaluation of the Hydro- alcohol Extract of the Dry Leaves of Peumus boldus and Boldine in Rats. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 99-102.
CHARANTIN -- Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
ELLAGIC-ACID 1.2 mg/kg ivn mus *
ERGOMETRINE -- *
ERYTHROPHLEINE -- *
EUPHOL -- Singla*, A.K. Pathak, K. 1989. Phytoconstituents of Euphorbia species. Fitoterapia 61(6): 483-508, 1990.
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.