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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
ISOPLUMERICIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ISORHAMNETIN not available Duke, 1992 *
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 not available Duke, 1992 *
ITALIPYRONE MIC=3-6 mg/ml Duke, 1992 *
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 not available Duke, 1992 *
JULIPROSOPINE not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
KARANJIN 10 ppm Duke, 1992 *
KAURENIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
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 not available Duke, 1992 *
KORBERIN-B not available Duke, 1992 *
KRYPTOTANSHINONE not available Duke, 1992 *
L-3-HYDROXY-9-METHOXYPTEROCARPAN not available Duke, 1992 *
L-HOMOARGININE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LAPACHOL not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Harpagophytum procumbens Devil's Claw; Grapple Plant 12 48
Hedeoma drummondii Drummond's Pennyroyal 13 31, 060
Hedeoma hispida Hispid Pennyroyal 9 1, 018
Hedeoma pulegioides American Pennyroyal 15 877, 303.7999999523
Hedeoma reverchonii Reverchon's Pennyroyal 7 5, 402
Hedera helix Ivy 6 0
Hedychium flavum Yellow Ginger Lily 5 1, 170
Heimia salicifolia Sinicuichi 1 0
Helianthemum glomeratum not available 3 0
Helianthus annuus Sunflower; Girasol 32 1, 525, 296.0839999989
Helianthus tuberosus Jerusalem Artichoke 2 306.0120000001043
Helichrysum angustifolium Everlasting; Immortelle 6 2, 000
Heliotropium indicus Indian Heliotrope 1 0
Hemidesmus indicus Indian Sarsaparilla 3 0
Heracleum laciniatum Laciniate Cow-parsnip 1 400
Heracleum sphondylium Cow Parsnip; Hogweed; Meadow Parsnip 2 0
Herpestis monniera not available 1 1, 100
Hesperis matronalis Dame's Rocket; Sweet Rocket; Damask-Violet; Dame's-Violet 6 0
Hibiscus mutabilis not available 1 0
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Chinese hibiscus; Shoe-flower 2 810