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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
ACETOPHENONE not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLSHIKONIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ACORIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
ACRIDONE not available Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
ACRIDONEPOXIDE 0.1-1 ug/ml Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
ACRYLIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
ACTEOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AFRORMOSINE-7-O-BETA-GALACTOSIDE not available Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
AGRIMOL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AGRIMOPHOL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AGROPYRENE MIC=25->200 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
AILANTHONE IC17=12.5 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
AJOENE MIC=55-150 ug/ml LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
ALANTOLACTONE MIC=32 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
ALIZARIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ALIZARIN-2-METHYL-ETHER not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ALKYL-THIOSULFINATE not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLICIN 500 ug/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.
ALLICIN MIC=27 ug/ml LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Digitalis lanata Grecian Foxglove 2 0
Digitalis purpurea Purple Foxglove 10 0
Dillenia anhamanica not available 1 5, 000
Dillenia aurea not available 1 7, 200
Dillenia bracteata not available 1 5, 800
Dillenia indica not available 1 49, 900
Dillenia pentagyna not available 1 9, 800
Dillenia retusa not available 1 35, 400
Dillenia scabrella not available 1 5, 750
Dionaea muscipula Venus' Fly Trap 1 2, 050
Dioscorea alata Greater Yam; Winged Yam 2 200
Dioscorea bulbifera Air Potato; Potato Yam 1 0
Dioscorea pentaphylla Mountain Yam 1 140
Dioscorea sp. Wild Yam 2 213
Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam 3 1, 328
Diospyros abyssinica not available 1 0
Diospyros argentea not available 1 0
Diospyros buxifolia not available 1 0
Diospyros canaliculata not available 1 0
Diospyros celebica not available 1 268.6000061035156