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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Dipteryx odorata Tonka Bean; Dutch Tonka Bean 6 200
Discaria longispina 1 0
Dodonaea viscosa Hopwood 9 117, 800
Dracocephalum parviflora Small-Flowered Moldavica 2 210
Dracocephalum thymiflora Thyme-Flowered Moldavica 10 864
Drimys winteri Winter's Bark 6 279, 000
Dryopteris filix-mas Male Fern 1 0
Duboisia myoporoides Corkwood Tree; Pituri 3 20
Duchesnea indica False Strawberry; Indian Strawberry; Mock Strawberry 4 1, 882.8000000715256
Durio zibethinus Durian 1 1, 270
Echinacea angustifolia Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower 12 69, 000
Echinacea pallida Echinacea; Pale-Flower Echinacea; Pale Purple-Coneflower 7 51, 000
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower 10 2, 580
Echinacea spp Coneflower; Echinacea 22 40, 053.40000009537
Echinops echinatus 1 0
Echinops niveus 1 0
Ehretia laevis 1 150
Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian Olive; Silver Berry 13 5, 280
Elaeagnus commutata Silver Berry 1 725
Elaeagnus pungens Thorny Silver Berry 4 0