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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
SURANGIN-A 7.8 ug/ml Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
SUSPENSASIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
SWEROSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
SWERTIANOLIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TAMARINDIENAL not available Duke, 1992 *
TANACHIN not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN not available Duke, 1992 *
TAXIFOLIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TCHIBANGENSINE not available Duke, 1992 *
TECLEANTHINE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
TERPINEN-4-OL not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEOL not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINYL-ACETATE not available Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE 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.
TETRASTILBENE not available Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN not available Duke, 1992 *
THIARRUBRINE-A 0.5 Duke, 1992 *
THIOCYANIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
THIOPHENE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Aframomum melegueta Alligator Pepper; Grains-of-Paradise; Guinea Grains; Melegueta Pepper; Malagettapfeffer (Ger.); Malagueta (Sp.) 2 0
Agastache foeniculum Giant Hyssop 7 360
Agastache nepetoides not available 7 184, 139
Agastache pallidiflora not available 3 0
Agastache rugosa not available 12 29, 010
Agastache urticifolia Nettle-Leaf Giant Hyssop 6 4, 518
Agathosma betulina Buchu; Honey Buchu; Mountain Buchu 24 33, 783
Agave sisalana Mescal; Sisal; Hemp Plant; Sisal Agave; Sisal Hemp 2 0
Ageratum conyzoides Mexican ageratum 7 2, 866.5
Aglaia leptantha not available 1 0
Aglaia odorata Chinese Rice Flower 1 0
Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony; Sticklewort 24 780, 498
Ailanthus altissima Stinktree; Tree Of Heaven 11 240, 000
Ailanthus grandis not available 1 86
Ajuga bracteosa Nilkanthi 1 0
Ajuga iva Ivy Bugle 1 1, 000
Ajuga reptans Bugle; Bugleweed; Blue Bugle; Bugleherb; Common Bugle 2 750, 000
Akania luceus not available 1 400
Akebia quinata Chocolate Vine 2 0
Alangium lamarckii not available 1 0