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Biological Activity Antibacterial

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List of activity chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Sort descending Dosage Reference
BELLIDIFOLINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BENZALDEHYDE not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID 33-1,250 ppm Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID MBC=800 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-2-FURYLACETYLENE not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
BENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBAMINE 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.
BERBERASTINE 12.5-2,500 ug/ml Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
BERBERASTINE 100 mg 4x/day Duke, 1992 *
BERBERASTINE MIC=6-630 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE MIC=6-630 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 100 mg/4x/day Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 12.5-2,500 ug/ml Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
BETA,BETA-DIMETHYLACRYLSHIKONINE not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMIRINE not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CITRAL not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE MIC=200 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.
BETA-PHENYLETHANOL 5000 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
BETA-SITOSTEROL not available Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
BETA-THUJONE not available J. Ess. Oil Res. 7: 271.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Sort descending Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Anisomeles malabarica Malabar Catmint 2 200
Annona cherimola Cherimoya 5 14, 725
Annona diversifolia Llama 1 140
Annona glabra Pondapple 4 1, 590
Annona montana Mountain Soursop 3 0
Annona muricata Soursop 10 1, 540
Annona reticulata Custard Apple 5 2, 600
Annona squamosa Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop 10 3, 200
Anogeissus latifolia Gum Ghatti 7 479, 000
Apium graveolens Celery 46 4, 649, 861.899999976
Apocynum cannabinum Bitterroot; Spreading Dogbane 3 0
Aquilaria agallocha Lignum Aloe 1 0
Aquilegia vulgaris Columbine 2 0
Arachis hypogaea Groundnut; Peanut 19 9, 906
Aralia cordata Udo 10 1, 600.25
Araucaria bidwillii Monkey puzzle 7 10, 000
Arbutus menziesii not available 1 40, 000
Arbutus unedo Arbutus; Strawberry Tree 8 1, 274, 000
Arctium lappa Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock 13 117, 318
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry; Uva Ursi 31 1, 178, 351