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Biological Activity Antibacterial

List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
CANAVANINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CANDICANDIOL not available Duke, 1992 *
CANNABIDIOL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CANTHIN-6-ONE MIC=12.5-75 ug/ml Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
CANTHIUMINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CAPILLIN not available Duke, 1992 *
CARLINA-OXIDE not available Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CARPAINE not available Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
CARVACROL MIC 170-290 Chalchat, J.C. et Garry, R.P.*, Bastide, P., Fabre, F. et Malhuret, R. Correlation Composition Chimique/Activite Antimicrobienne: V - Contribution a la Comparaison de 2 Methodes de Determination Des Cmi. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 25: 184-193.
CARVACROL MIC=39-625 Russell, G. B., Phytochemical resources for crop protection, N. Z. J. Technol., 2, 1986, 127-134.
CARYOPHYLLENE not available Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN MIC=>1,000 ug/ml Planta Medica, 57: A42, 1991.
CATHINE-6-ONE not available Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
CECROPIN not available Merck 11th Edition
CHAKSINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CHAULMOOGRIC-ACID MIC=32-64 ug/ml Martindale's 28th
CHEIROLIN not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE 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.
CHELIDONINE 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.
CHELIRUBINE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Physostigma venenosum Calabar Bean 1 0
Phytelephas aequatorialis EQUATORIAL IVORY PALM 1 61, 930
Phytolacca americana Pokeweed 5 16, 184
Picea glauca White Spruce 2 0
Picea mariana Black Spruce 1 161
Picramnia sellowii not available 1 0
Picrasma excelsa Bitterwood; Jamaican Quassia 2 0
Picrorhiza kurrooa Picrorhiza 2 1, 000
Pilocarpus jaborandi Indian Hemp; Pernambuco Jaborandi 3 5, 000
Pilocarpus microphyllus Maranhao Jaborandi 5 805
Pimenta dioica Allspice; Jamaica-Pepper; Pimenta; Clover-Pepper; Pimento 23 13, 878, 385
Pimenta racemosa Bayrum Tree; West Indian Bay 20 317, 572
Pimpinella anisum Anise; Sweet Cumin 29 1, 873, 398
Pinellia ternata Ban-Xia; Pan-Hsia 1 0
Pinus cembroides Mexican Pinyon 1 10
Pinus echinata Shortleaf Pine 2 6.126000002026558
Pinus edulis Pinyon Pine 1 21
Pinus elliottii Slash Pine 4 0
Pinus gerardiana Chilgoza Pine 2 818, 700
Pinus insularis Khasi Pine 2 1, 041, 000