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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
Teucrium gnaphalodes Iberian Germander 12 78
Teucrium kotschyanum Stavros Kotschy's Germander 15 1, 189
Teucrium marum Cat Thyme 1 0
Teucrium micropodioides Small 'Cyprus' Germander 15 986
Teucrium montanum Mountain Germander 3 22, 000
Teucrium oxylepis not available 13 32.350000113248825
Teucrium polium Iberian Golden Germander; Golden Germander 23 410
Teucrium pseudoscorodonia not available 13 2.680999994277954
Teucrium salviastrum not available 13 5.510000005364418
Teucrium scordium Water Germander 6 0
Teucrium scorodonia Germander; Wood Germander 19 226, 008.29999994487
Theobroma bicolor Nicaraguan Cacao; Pataste 1 2, 020
Theobroma cacao Cacao 26 194, 706
Theobroma speciosum Macambo 1 230
Thespesia populnea Indian tulip tree 5 79, 500
Thevetia peruviana Peruvian Yellow Oleander; Luckynut; Yellow Oleander; Oleandre Jaune (Fr.); Thevetie (Ger.); Loandro-Amarelo (Port.); Adelfa Amarilla (Sp.); Cabalonga (Sp.); Chirca (Sp.) 5 13, 500
Thuja occidentalis Arbor-Vitae; Northern White-Cedar 11 118, 000
Thymus broussonettii Moroccan Thyme 10 13, 170.10000000149
Thymus capitatus 'Sicilian' Thyme; Spanish Origanum; Spanish Thyme 26 94, 488
Thymus cilicicus 'Anatolian' Thyme 8 3, 252.4000000059605