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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
NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC-ACID MIC=10 ug/ml Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
NORDIJYDROTOXIFERINE not available Duke, 1992 *
NORISOGUAIACIN not available Duke, 1992 *
NOVOMANINE not available Duke, 1992 *
NYASOL not available Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID not available Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
OBOVATOL not available Duke, 1992 *
ODORIN not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
OLEANOLIC-ACID MIC=625-1,250 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
OPC not available Duke, 1992 *
OPCS not available Duke, 1992 *
ORIDONIN not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYACANTHINE not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYASIATICOSIDE not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
P-AMINOBENZOIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID not available Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
P-CYMENE not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYACETOPHENONE not available Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
P-METHYLBENZOIC-ACID not available Spring, M.A. 1988. Ethnopharmacologic Analysis of Medicinal Plants Used by Laotian Hmong Refugees in Minnesota. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 26: 65-91, 1989.
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 not available 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 not available 1 0
Echinops niveus not available 1 0
Ehretia laevis not available 1 150
Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian Olive; Silver Berry 13 5, 280
Elaeagnus commutata Silver Berry 1 725
Elaeagnus pungens Thorny Silver Berry 4 0