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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 porosa not available 13 10, 260
Eucalyptus punctata not available 13 11, 665.20000000298
Eucalyptus rostratus Gum 2 0
Eucalyptus saligna not available 12 3, 288.10000000149
Eucalyptus siderophloia not available 14 2, 365.700000010431
Eucalyptus sideroxylon not available 13 3, 120.800000011921
Eucalyptus sp Gum 4 0
Eucalyptus sparsa not available 13 12, 707
Eucalyptus stoatei not available 10 13, 272
Eucalyptus tereticornis not available 13 2, 182.5000000074506
Eucalyptus tetraptera not available 10 10, 941
Eucalyptus viridis not available 13 532
Eucalyptus wandoo not available 1 0
Euclea natalensis not available 1 200
Eucommia ulmoides Tu Chung; Du Zhong; Gutta-Percha Tree 7 0
Eugenia brasiliensis Brazil Cherry; Grumichama 1 2, 580
Eugenia floribunda Black rumberry; Camu-camu arbol; Camu-camu negro 1 5, 355
Eugenia fruticosa not available 1 0
Eugenia jambolana not available 1 1, 700
Eugenia uniflora Pitanga; Surinam Cherry 3 4, 230