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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
Viburnum prunifolium Black Haw 14 20, 090
Vicia faba Broadbean; Faba Bean; Habas 15 30, 001.800000071526
Vigna aconitifolia Mat Bean; Moth Bean 2 290
Vigna angularis Adzuki Bean 2 0
Vigna mungo Black Gram 3 549.0340000018477
Vigna radiata Green Gram; Mungbean 13 5, 022.074000000954
Vigna unguiculata Cowpea; Black-eyed Pea; Crowder Pea; Southern Pea 7 33, 720.38999980129
Vinca minor Periwinkle; Running-Myrtle 8 108, 800
Viola odorata Common Violet; Sweet Violet 11 42, 088
Viola tricolor Pansy; Wild Violet 6 460, 000
Virola surinamensis Ucahuba; Ucuuba 1 230, 000
Viscum album European Mistletoe 7 7, 523.400000095367
Viscum articulatum not available 1 0
Vismia cayennensis not available 1 0
Vismia micrantha not available 1 280
Vitex agnus-castus Chaste-Tree 20 1, 472, 028.7999999076
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 53 7, 375, 407.816002667
Warburgia ugandensis Warburghia 2 0
Wisteria floribunda not available 1 0
Withania somnifera Ashwagandha 7 8, 800