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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
Urginea maritima European Squill 7 0
Urtica dioica European Nettle; Stinging Nettle 29 317, 756
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry 38 3, 879.029999980703
Vaccinium macrocarpon Cranberry; Large Cranberry; American Cranberry 19 125, 094
Vaccinium myrtillus Bilberry; Whortleberry; Dwarf Bilberry 48 1, 190, 821.1759999753
Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry; Lingen; Lingonberry 18 918, 255
Valeriana jatamansi Indian Valerian 4 0
Valeriana officinalis Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope 29 2, 134, 044
Vanilla planifolia Vanilla; Bourbon Vanilla 21 702
Vatica affinis not available 1 740
Vauquelinia corymbosa not available 1 41
Vellozia declinans not available 1 0
Veratrum album White Hellebore 2 0
Veratrum viride American Hellebore; Indian Poke 1 0
Verbascum thapsus Mullein; Velvetplant; Flannelleaf; Flannelplant; Great Mullein 7 77, 690
Verbena officinalis Vervain 5 10, 000
Vernonia cinerea Purple fleabane 1 0
Veronica officinalis Common Speedwell; Gypsyweed 2 0
Vetiveria zizanioides Cus-Cus; Vetiver; Cuscus Grass 9 765
Viburnum opulus Crampbark; European Cranberry Bush; Guelder Rose; Snowballbush 19 825, 302