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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
Pycnanthemum muticum Muticous Mountain Mint 12 55, 100
Pycnanthemum nudum Nude Mountain Mint 2 25, 168
Pycnanthemum pilosum Pilose Mountain Mint 11 92, 610
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides Typical Mountain Mint 13 73, 950
Pycnanthemum setosum Setose Mountain Mint 12 39, 804
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slenderleaf Mountain Mint 17 36, 530
Pycnanthemum torreyi Torrey's Mountain Mint 9 9, 280
Pycnanthemum verticillatum Whorled Mountain Mint 9 20, 097
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia Mountain Mint 15 54, 613
Pygeum acuminatum not available 1 0
Pyrus communis Pear 15 59, 978.03700000048
Quararibea cordata Chupa-Chupa; Sapote 1 1, 320
Quassia amara Bitterwood; Quassia 3 0
Quercus alba White Oak 11 200, 135.4280000478
Quercus bambusaefolia not available 1 3.700000047683716
Quercus championi not available 1 3.299999952316284
Quercus infectoria Aleppo Oak; Dyer's Oak; Gall Oak 5 120, 000
Quercus myrsinaefolia not available 1 1.100000023841858
Quercus phellos Willow Oak 1 6
Quercus robur English Oak 6 200, 000