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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
Artocarpus altilis Breadfruit 3 1, 260
Artocarpus heterophyllus Jackfruit 4 33, 435
Artocarpus integrifolia not available 1 3, 000
Arundo donax Giant Reed 2 227, 000
Asarum canadense Wild Ginger 7 0
Asclepias syriaca Milkweed 4 72, 000
Asiasarum heterotropoides Asian Wild Ginger 3 0
Asiasarum sieboldii Siebold's Wild Ginger 3 0
Asimina triloba Pawpaw 8 897.4869998209178
Aspalathus linearis Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea 28 1, 578, 349.4399996996
Asparagus lucidus Lucid Asparagus 1 0
Asparagus officinalis Asparagus 8 9, 819.119999997318
Aspidixia angulata not available 1 0
Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco Quebracho 2 40, 000
Astragalus gummifer Gum Tragacanth; Tragacanth 1 50, 000
Astragalus membranaceus Huang-Chi; Huang Qi 11 0
Astrocaryum vulgare Awarra Palm; Tucum Palm; Tucuma Palm; Tucuma 2 5, 328, 400
Atractylodes lancea Cang Zhu 1 0
Atropa bella-donna Belladonna 4 120, 000
Aucuba japonica Japanese Aucuba; Japanese Laurel; Spotted Laurel 1 150