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Biological Activity Antibacterial

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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 Sort descending 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 *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Sort descending Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Pycnanthemum muticum Muticous Mountain Mint 12 55, 100
Pycnanthemum nudum Nude Mountain Mint 2 25, 168
Pycnanthemum pilosum Pilose Mountain Mint 11 92, 610
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides Typical Mountain Mint 13 73, 950
Pycnanthemum setosum Setose Mountain Mint 12 39, 804
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slenderleaf Mountain Mint 17 36, 530
Pycnanthemum torreyi Torrey's Mountain Mint 9 9, 280
Pycnanthemum verticillatum Whorled Mountain Mint 9 20, 097
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia Mountain Mint 15 54, 613
Pygeum acuminatum not available 1 0
Pyrus communis Pear 15 59, 978.03700000048
Quararibea cordata Chupa-Chupa; Sapote 1 1, 320
Quassia amara Bitterwood; Quassia 3 0
Quercus alba White Oak 11 200, 135.4280000478
Quercus bambusaefolia not available 1 3.700000047683716
Quercus championi not available 1 3.299999952316284
Quercus infectoria Aleppo Oak; Dyer's Oak; Gall Oak 5 120, 000
Quercus myrsinaefolia not available 1 1.100000023841858
Quercus phellos Willow Oak 1 6
Quercus robur English Oak 6 200, 000