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

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
ISOPLUMERICIN *
ISOQUERCITRIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ISORHAMNETIN *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-RUTINOSIDE (Synergist) Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
ISOTHIOCYANATE *
ITALIPYRONE MIC=3-6 mg/ml *
JASMONE MIC=800-1,600 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.
JUGLONE *
JULIPROSOPINE Recio, M. C., Rios, J. L., and Villar, A., A review of some antimicrobial compounds isolated from medicinal plants reported in the literature 1978-1988, Phytotherapy Research, 3(4), 1989, 117-125.
KAEMPFEROL 20 ug/ml *
KARANJIN 10 ppm *
KAURENIC-ACID *
KIEVITONE ED50=10 ug/ml Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
KOETJAPIC-ACID MIC=6.25-12.5 ug/ml Muhammad, I., El Sayed, K. A., Mossa, J. S., Al-Said, M. S., El-Feraly, F. S., Clark, A. M., Hufford, C. D., Oh, S., Mayer, A. M. 2000. Bioactive 12- Oleanene Triterpene and Secotriterpene Acids from Maytenus undata. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 605-610.
KORBERIN-A *
KORBERIN-B *
KRYPTOTANSHINONE *
L-3-HYDROXY-9-METHOXYPTEROCARPAN *
L-HOMOARGININE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LAPACHOL *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Cucurbita spp Summer Squash 3 97, 435
Cuminum cyminum Cumin 23 978, 298
Cunila origanoides Mountain Dittany; Frost Flower; Frost Mint; Maryland Dittany; American Dittany; Stone Mint; Dittany 9 118, 188
Cuphea carthagenensis 1 42.5
Cuphea epilobifolia 1 22
Cuphea infundibulum 1 22.299999237060547
Curcuma longa Turmeric; Indian Saffron 23 587, 924
Curcuma xanthorrhiza Javan Turmeric; Temu Lawak 3 20, 000
Curcuma zedoaria Shoti; Zedoary 3 5, 840
Cuscuta europaea European dodder 1 60, 000
Cuscuta reflexa Amarbel 3 0
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba Guar; Cluster-Bean; Siam-Bean 10 9, 870
Cyclanthera pedata Achocha 1 2, 800
Cydonia oblonga Quince 7 960
Cymbopogon citratus West Indian Lemongrass; Lemongrass 19 58, 430.199999809265
Cymbopogon flexuosus East Indian Lemongrass 9 14, 250
Cymbopogon martinii Palmarosa; Rosha Grass 5 33, 100
Cymbopogon nardus Ceylon Citronella; Citronella 19 38, 652
Cymbopogon parkeri Skhabar 10 31, 188
Cymbopogon winterianus Java Citronella; Mahapengiri 14 27, 792