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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
THUJONE not available J. Ess. Oil Res. 7: 271.
THYMOHYDROQUINONE MIC=6.25-100 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL MIC=50-400 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
THYMOQUINONE not available Farnsworth, N.R. and Cordell, G.A. A Review of Some Biologically Active Compounds Isolated From Plants as Reported in the 1974-1975 Literature. J. Nat. Prod. 39: 420, 1976.
TIN not available Duke, 1992 *
TOMATINE not available Duke, 1992 *
TRACHINODIOL-7-BETA-ACETATE not available Duke, 1992 *
TRACHINODIOL-DIACETATE not available Duke, 1992 *
TRACHINOL not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ASARONE not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ISOASARONE not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICROZARIN not available Duke, 1992 *
TROPOLONE not available Duke, 1992 *
TUBEROSIN 250 u/ml Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
ULIGINOSIN not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
URESIN not available Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 1.5-15 mg/ml 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.
VERBASCOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Achyranthes bidentata Chaff Flower 2 0
Acinos alpinus Te de Sierra Nevada 9 73
Acinos suaveolens not available 26 1, 054, 811.4999980927
Aconitum napellus European Aconite; Monkshood; Aconite; Bear's-Foot; Blue Rocket; Friar's Cap; Garden Monkshood; Garden Wolfsbane; Helmet Flower; Queen's Fettle; Soldier's Cap; Turk's Cap 4 0
Acorus calamus Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot 22 188, 730
Acrotrema arnottianum not available 1 5, 300
Acrotrema uniflorum not available 1 2, 400
Actaea cimicifuga Sheng ma; Bugbane; Foetid Bugbane 4 0
Actaea dahurica Sheng ma; Xing an sheng ma 2 0
Actaea pachypoda American Baneberry; Doll's-Eyes; White Baneberry; White Cohosh; Baneberry 1 0
Actaea racemosa Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot 7 42
Actaea rubra Red Baneberry 1 0
Actaea spicata European Baneberry 1 0
Actinidia chinensis Kiwi 6 40, 670
Adansonia digitata not available 1 0
Adiantum capillus-veneris Maidenhair Fern 2 0
Adonis vernalis Spring Adonis 5 0
Aegle marmelos Bael de India; Bael fruit 6 585, 300
Aeolanthus myriantha Ninde 4 0
Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut 28 248, 312.7000579834