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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
Ferula gummosa Galbanum 9 0
Ferula jaeschkeana Jaechke's Ferula 2 2, 394
Ferula sumbul Sumbul 2 0
Ficus carica Fig; Figuier Commun (Fr.); Echte Feige (Ger.); Feigenbaum (Ger.); Fico (Ital.); Figueira (Port.); Higo (Sp.); Higuera Comun (Sp.) 35 1, 970, 160
Ficus thunbergii not available 1 31.399999618530273
Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet; Queen Of The Meadow 8 358, 632
Foeniculum vulgare Fennel 48 4, 991, 341.004000001
Formosia benthamiana not available 1 0
Forsythia suspensa Lian-Jiao; Lien-Chiao 6 2, 000
Forsythia viridissima not available 1 0
Fragaria spp Strawberry 25 158, 871.23000000417
Frangula alnus Buckthorn 8 0
Frangula purshiana Cascara Sagrada; Cascara Buckthorn 9 10.199999809265137
Fraxinus ornus Ash 2 0
Fraxinus rhynchophylla Chinese Ash 2 0
Fritillaria thunbergii Bei-Mu; Fritillary 1 0
Fucus vesiculosus Bladderwrack; Kelp 8 1, 644
Galega officinalis Goat's Rue; Galega 4 0
Galeopsis tetrahit Hemp Nettle 1 40
Galipea officinalis Angostura 1 0