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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
QUERCITRIN 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.
QUININE not available Duke, 1992 *
ROTENONE not available Duke, 1992 *
ROXBURGHILIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
RUTIN not available Duke, 1992 *
SALANNIN not available Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
SALICIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
SAMADERIN not available Duke, 1992 *
SCHKUHRIN-I not available Duke, 1992 *
SCHKUHRIN-II not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
SENDANIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
SERGOLIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
SHIROMODIOL not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
SHIROMODIOL-DIACETATE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
SHIROMODIOL-MONOACETATE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
SIMALIKALACTONE-A not available Duke, 1992 *
SINIGRIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SOLACAULINE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
SOLANIDINE 1 uM Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Physostigma venenosum Calabar Bean 1 0
Phytolacca americana Pokeweed 2 0
Picea glauca White Spruce 2 0
Picea mariana Black Spruce 2 46
Picrasma excelsa Bitterwood; Jamaican Quassia 1 0
Pilocarpus jaborandi Indian Hemp; Pernambuco Jaborandi 2 4, 950
Pilocarpus microphyllus Maranhao Jaborandi 4 1, 240
Pimenta dioica Allspice; Jamaica-Pepper; Pimenta; Clover-Pepper; Pimento 11 6, 939, 895
Pimenta racemosa Bayrum Tree; West Indian Bay 8 94, 018
Pimpinella anisum Anise; Sweet Cumin 13 57, 560
Pinellia ternata Ban-Xia; Pan-Hsia 1 0
Pinus elliottii Slash Pine 6 0
Pinus gerardiana Chilgoza Pine 1 800, 000
Pinus insularis Khasi Pine 2 1, 681, 000
Pinus kesiya Khasi Pine 2 1, 681, 000
Pinus mugo Dwarf Pine; Swiss Mountain Pine 4 0
Pinus palustris Longleaf Pine 5 160, 750
Pinus roxburghii Chir Pine; Himalayan Longleaf 1 600, 000
Pinus strobus Eastern White Pine; White Pine 5 0
Pinus sylvestris Scotch Pine 18 1, 065, 675