Table 1.

The effect of natural products on cell viability in murine neuroblastoma cells originally derived from a spontaneous malignant tumor. The data represent the Common English name or Chinese name and the LC₅₀ (mg/mL) calculated from 3–9 concentrations spanning a thousand-fold dilution range (n = 4)

A. Anti-Cancer Screen – Category 1: Strongest
LC50 = [0.015–0.553 mg/ml]
Gromwell root	[0.015]	Burningbush	[0.375]	Cao Dou Kou	[0.531]
Beth root	[0.032]	Silk Tree [1]	[0.378]	Lilytree	[0.532]
Galbanum	[0.078]	Akebia	[0.401]	Baikal Scullcap	[0.533]
Asafetida	[0.253]	Damask Rose	[0.451]	Ji Xue Teng	[0.534]
Yuan Zhi	[0.255]	Southern Chinese Pine	[0.464]	Szechuan Pepper	[0.538]
Zhi Mu	[0.261]	California Yerba Santa	[0.485]	Official Burnet	[0.545]
Tumeric	[0.269]	Common Tansy	[0.502]	Daisy	[0.548]
White Edge Morning Glory	[0.28]	Woodland Figwort	[0.505]	Ramanas Rose	[0.549]
Locust	[0.287]	Common Hop	[0.508]	Moutain Peony	[0.549]
Chinese Rhubarb	[0.353]	Common Selfheal	[0.527]	Cinnamon Twig	[0.55]
Common Pricklyash	[0.373]	Oriental Arbovitae	[0.528]	Fang Feng	[0.553]

B. Anti-Cancer Screen – Category 2: Moderate to Strong
LC50 = [0.554–1.504 mg/ml] →
Dang Gui (Wei)	[0.554]	Florida fishpoison tree	[0.746]	Jing Jie	[1.084]
Korean Epimedium	[0.554]	Sassafras	[0.784]	Foetid Bugbane	[1.108]
Hou Po	[0.563]	Bi Xie	[0.89]	Oregano	[1.123]
Cow Cockle	[0.577]	Gravelroot	[0.892]	Partidgeberry	[1.126]
Clove Bud	[0.577]	Thoroughwort	[0.92]	Hu Po (Succinum Resin)	[1.164]
Himalayan Teasel Root	[0.6]	Chinese Rhubarb	[0.921]	Yin Chai Hu	[1.197]
Lesser Galangal	[0.603]	Evodia Fruit	[0.941]	Soybean	[1.214]
Wu Jia Pi	[0.61]	Qian Hu	[0.951]	Japanese Gentian	[1.237]
Hai Feng Teng	[0.61]	Sacred Lotus	[0.968]	European Dogbane	[1.263]
Fang Ji	[0.622]	Cinnamon Bark	[0.969]	Sha Ren Guang	[1.323]
Cultivated Radish	[0.627]	Qiang Hua	[0.972]	Cornmint	[1.329]
Arbovitae	[0.629]	Indian Madder	[0.982]	Chuan Hua Jiao	[1.357]
Common Mullein	[0.665]	Sappanwood	[0.983]	Japenese Persimmon	[1.377]
Huang Lian	[0.665]	Licorice Root [1]	[1.003]	Madder	[1.438]
Common Juniper	[0.676]	Yi Zhi Ren	[1.008]	Balloon Flower	[1.448]
Queens Delight	[0.682]	Red Sage	[1.027]	Licorice Root [2]	[1.478]
Cang Zhu	[0.704]	Sandalwood	[1.082]	Sang Ji Sheng	[1.49]
Cultivated Radish	[0.741]	Black Cardamom	[1.082]	Flowered Wintergreen	[1.504]

C. Anti-Cancer Screen – Category 3: Moderate
LC50 = [1.509–3.026 mg/ml]
Largebracted Plantain	[1.509]	False Starwort	[2.249]	Hu Huang Lian	[2.571]
Hairy Agrimony	[1.519]	Mosla	[2.253]	Egyptian Senna	[2.578]
Loosestrife	[1.562]	British Yellowhead	[2.256]	Flowering Quince	[2.656]
Ze Xie	[1.601]	Balsampear	[2.262]	Tangerine (peel immature)	[2.695]
Tian San Qi	[1.8]	Sour Orange	[2.317]	Blackberry Lily	[2.723]
Chinese Corktree	[1.801]	Fu Pen Zi	[2.334]	Dang Gui (Tou)	[2.824]
Bai Zhu	[1.919]	Giant Puffball	[2.369]	Wine Grape	[2.841]
Evergreen Spice Bush	[1.943]	Japanese Pagoda Tree	[2.384]	Xiang Jia Pi	[2.901]
Florist’s Daisy	[2.007]	Silk Tree [2]	[2.453]	Zhang Nao	[2.958]
Greater Burdock	[2.147]	Textile Bamboo	[2.458]	Gumweed	[2.99]
Monnier’s Snowparsley	[2.159]	Du Huo	[2.471]	Canadian Wildginger	[3.026]

D. Anti-Cancer Screen – Category 4: Weak to Moderate
LC50 = [3.03–4.47 mg/ml]
Richweed	[3.03]	Dang Gui	[3.598]	Indian Trumpet Flower	[4.087]
Marijuana	[3.071]	Chinese Violet	[3.629]	Bai Zhi	[4.122]
Poontahai	[3.071]	Licorice Root [3]	[3.761]	Oriental Arbovitae	[4.154]
Yin Chen Hao	[3.15]	Bai Jiang Cao	[3.767]	Confederate Jasmine	[4.299]
Narrowleaf Cattail	[3.166]	Mao Dong Qing	[3.773]	Bitter Lettuce	[4.315]
Cherokee Rose	[3.196]	Tangerine (seed)	[3.783]	Cape Jasmine	[4.389]
Dandelion	[3.292]	Horseradish	[3.785]	Simple Leaf Chastetree	[4.393]
Sweet Wormwood	[3.344]	Formosan Gum	[3.794]	European Centaury	[4.47]
Beefsteakplant	[3.347]	Scouringrush Horsetail	[3.929]
Bitter Ash	[3.431]	Cocklebur	[3.935]
Peach	[3.514]	Spike Moss	[3.987]
Loquat	[3.558]	Sorrell	[3.997]

E. Anti-Cancer Screen – Category 5: Weak
LC50 > [5.0 mg/ml]
American Plum	Da Quing Ye	Little Hogweed	Shi Chang Pu
Asiatic Dogwood	Da Zao	Locust	Siberian Ginseng
Bai Bu	Dai Zhe Shi (Haematitum)	Long Chi (Dens Draconis)	Silver Cock’s Comb
Bai Dou Kou	Devils Horsewhip	Long Gu (Os Draconis)	Snake Needle Grass
Bai Fu Zi	Dill	Longan	Snow Fungus
Beefsteakplant	Duckmeat	Lou Lu	Solomon’s Seal
Big Leaf Gentian	Dwarf Lilyturf	Mang Xiao (Natrii Sulfas)	Sour Orange
Bile Arisaema	E Zhu	Matrimony Vine	Spiketail
Cao Wu (Zhi)	English Walnut	Mayapple	Suan Zao Ren
Carmichael’s Monkshood	European Lily of the Valley	Mexican Tea	Swallow-wort
Chaun Bei Mu	False Daisy	Ming Fan (Alumen)	Tangerine (peel)
Chi Shi Zhi (Halloysitum Rubrum	Fringed Pink	Mu Tong	Thistle
Chinese Asparagus	Fuller’s Earth	No-Binu	Tian Ha
Chinese Cinquefoil	Ge Gen	Nutgrass	Tiger’s Claw
Chinese Cobra Lily	Gou Teng	Paper Mulberry	Ting Li Zi
Chinese Cucumber (fruit)	Gu Jing Cao	Peach	Tuckahoe [1]
Chinese Cucumber (peel)	Herb of the Cross	Puntinpole Bamboo	Tuckahoe [2]
Chinese Cucumber (seed)	Hong Kong Lily	Qing Dai	Waxgourd
Chinese Cucumber (root)	Hua Shi (Talcum)	Qing Feng Teng	While Mulberry (fruit)
Chinese Haw	Huai Niu Xi	Qing Meng Shi (Lapis Chloriti)	While Mulberry (leaf)
Chinese Lobelia	Huang Jing	Rangoon Creeper	While Mulberry (root bark)
Chinese Motherwort	Huang Qin	Red Tangerine Peel	While Mulberry (twig)
Chinese Peony	Hyacinthbean	Ricebean (seed) [1]	Ya Dan Zi
Chinese Yam	Indian Mulberry	Ricebean (seed) [2]	Yan Hu Suo
Chuan Niu Xi	Japanese Apricot	Ricebean (root)	Yang Qi Shi (Actinolitum)
Ci Shi (Magnetitum)	Japanese Bush Cherry	Ricebean (fruit)	Yu Jin
Citron	Japanese Pagoda Tree	Sacred Lotus	Zhe Bei Mu
Cluster Mallow	Japenese Climbing Fern	San Leng	Zhu Ling
Common Barley	Ji Gu Cao	Sesame Roots	Zi Ran Tong (Pyritum)
Common Rush	Job’s Tears	Sesame Seed	Zi Shi Ying (Fluoritum)
Common Wheat	Largebracted Plantain	Sha Yuan Zi
Crowdipper	Ling Zhi (Hong)	Shan Dou Gen