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Biological Activity Antifeedant

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 Dosage Reference
PARASORBOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
PARILLIN not available Duke, 1992 *
PARTHENIN not available Duke, 1992 *
PEDONIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
PEROXYFEROLIDE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
PHASEOLIN 0.03 ppm Russell, G. B., Phytochemical resources for crop protection, N. Z. J. Technol., 2, 1986, 127-134.
PHLORETIN IC52=<1000 ppm diet Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
PHLORIDZIN ED50=200 ppm Duke, 1992 *
PHLORIZIN EC50=200 ppm Duke, 1992 *
PINITOL not available Duke, 1992 *
PINOSYLVIN not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERENONE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
PLUMBAGIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
PODOLIDE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
POLYGODIAL not available Russell, G. B., Phytochemical resources for crop protection, N. Z. J. Technol., 2, 1986, 127-134.
PONASTERONE-A not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
PRECOCENE not available Duke, 1992 *
PRIMIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
PSILOTIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
QUERCETIN IC52=<1,000 ppm diet Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Glechoma hirsuta not available 1 100
Glehnia littoralis Bei Sha Shen 2 0
Glycine max Soybean 15 14, 490.550000011921
Glycyrrhiza glabra Commom Licorice; Licorice; Smooth Licorice; Licorice-Root 9 9, 684
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Chinese Licorice; Gan-Cao; Kan-Tsao 7 333
Gmelina arborea not available 1 0
Gossypium sp Cotton 9 87, 040
Grewia asiatica not available 1 0
Grewia bicolor not available 1 0
Grewia flavescens not available 1 0
Grewia tenax not available 1 0
Grewia tiliaefolia not available 1 0
Grindelia squarrosa Gumweed; Rosinweed 1 0
Guarea rusbyi Cocillana 1 0
Guazuma tomentosa not available 3 304
Guazuma ulmifolia Bay Cedar 2 0
Gymnostachyum latifolium not available 1 0
Haematoxylum campechianum Campechy; Logwood 2 0
Hamamelis virginiana Witch Hazel 4 0
Haplophyton cimicidum not available 1 0