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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
Eucalyptus behriana not available 13 2, 706.6000003814697
Eucalyptus blakelyi not available 13 14, 490.70000001043
Eucalyptus bosistoana not available 14 11, 250.800000011921
Eucalyptus botryoides not available 14 2, 777.900000013411
Eucalyptus brassiana Brasses' Eucalyptus 14 5, 755
Eucalyptus bridgesiana Bridges' Eucalyptus 7 25, 145.700000047684
Eucalyptus camaldulensis not available 14 6, 456.600000008941
Eucalyptus ceratocorys not available 10 8, 022
Eucalyptus citriodora Lemon Eucalyptus; Lemon-Scented Gum; Spotted Gum; Citron-Scented Gum 29 10, 695, 578.400000036
Eucalyptus cladocalyx not available 14 1, 470.2000000029802
Eucalyptus cornea not available 1 250, 000
Eucalyptus cuprea not available 13 8, 961.60000038147
Eucalyptus dealbata not available 14 4, 618.4000000059605
Eucalyptus desquamata not available 13 28, 834
Eucalyptus diversicolor not available 14 4, 301.100000016391
Eucalyptus dolichorhyncha not available 10 6, 134
Eucalyptus erythrandra not available 10 10, 181
Eucalyptus fasiculosa not available 13 1, 979.1999998092651
Eucalyptus forrestiana not available 10 17, 513
Eucalyptus globulus Blue Gum; Eucalypt; Tasmanian Bluegum 56 13, 456, 378.200000085