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Biological Activity Antibacterial

List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
ALLIIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLISTATIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLISTATIN-I not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLISTATIN-II not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLOALANTOLACTONE MIC=32 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-2-PROPENE-L-THIOSULFINATE not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-SULFIDE not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALOE-EMODIN MIC=2-64 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BISABOLOL not available Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
ALPHA-CITRAL not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE not available Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
ALPHA-PINENE not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL MIC=800-1,600 ug/ml Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
ALPHA-TERTHIENYL not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJONE not available J. Ess. Oil Res. 7: 271.
ALSTONINE not available Duke, 1992 *
AMMORESINOL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AMORPHASTILBOL 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.
AMPHIBINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ANACARDIC-ACID not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Commiphora wightii Guggul; Indian Bdellium-Tree 6 0
Conium maculatum Poison Hemlock; Hemlock; Spotted Hemlock; Fool's Parsley; Carrot Fern; Spotted Parsley 3 1, 920, 000
Consolida ajacis Larkspur 3 0
Convallaria majalis Lily-Of-The-Valley 8 0
Conyza canadensis Butterweed; Hogweed; Horseweed 11 714
Copaifera spp Copaiba 3 480, 600
Coptis chinensis Chinese Goldthread; Huang-Lian; Huang-Lien 5 810, 000
Coptis japonica Huang-Lia; Huang-Lian; Huang-Lien; Japanese Goldthread 5 840, 000
Coptis spp Generic Goldthread 6 270, 000
Corchorus olitorius Jew's Mallow; Mulukiya; Nalta Jute 2 12, 240
Coriandrum sativum Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro 43 5, 566, 896.3000000045
Coriaria myrtifolia Mealy Tree 5 200, 000
Coriaria thymifolia Ground Toot; Shanshi 4 0
Coridothymus capitatus Spanish Oregano 12 38, 185.20000000298
Cornus capitata not available 1 163.3000030517578
Cornus florida American Dogwood 6 70, 000
Cornus mas Cornelian Cherry; Sorbet 7 0
Cornus officinalis Chinese Dogwood 5 0
Corydalis spp Fumewort 4 0
Corylus americana American Filbert; American Hazel 4 0