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Biological Activity Antibacterial

List of activity chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Dosage Reference
DEHYDROFALCARINDIOL 25-100 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROGLAUCINE not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROISOEUGENOL not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROTREMETONE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DEHYDROXYSHIKONIN not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE not available Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
DELTA-CADINENE MIC800 ug/ml Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
DEMETHYLBATATASIN-IV not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DEOXYANDROGRAPHOLIDE not available Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
DEOXYWITHANOLIDE-D not available Duke, 1992 *
DHELWANGINE not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-DISULFIDE MIC=900-1,900 ug/ml LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
DIALLYL-SULFIDE MIC=>2,500 ug/ml LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
DIALLYL-TETRASULFIDE MIC=>130-1,000 ug/ml LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
DIALLYL-TRISULFIDE MIC=250-1,900 ug/ml LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
DIARYLHEPTANOID not available Duke, 1992 *
DIARYLHEPTANOID-GLYCOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
DICTAMNINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DICUMAROL not available Duke, 1992 *
DIETHYL-DISULFIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Woodfordia floribunda not available 1 24.399999618530273
Wormia burbidgei not available 1 24, 000
Wormia triquetra not available 1 32, 000
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Yellowroot 4 39, 000
Xylopia aethiopica Ethiopian Pepper; Guinea Pepper; Negro Pepper; Spice Tree; Mohrenpfeffer (Ger.); Maniguete (Sp.); Pimienta de Guinea (Sp.) 3 63, 707.70000016689
Yucca baccata Spanish Bayonet; Yucca; Banana Yucca; Blue Yucca 3 557.2000007629395
Zanthoxylum alatum Indian Prickly Ash; Wartara Oil Tree 6 0
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 6 25
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood 5 0
Zea mays Corn 45 286, 434.5669999402
Zingiber officinale Ginger 43 1, 263, 368.2999999523
Ziziphus joazeiro not available 1 1, 200
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 9 580, 350
Zizyphus mauritiana not available 1 60
Zizyphus nummularia not available 1 116.5999984741211
Zizyphus oenoplia not available 1 3, 266.800048828125
Zizyphus rugosa not available 1 644
Zizyphus spina-christi Syrian Christ-Thorn 4 390
Zizyphus trinervia not available 1 800
Zizyphus vulgaris not available 1 0