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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
SPECIOIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
SPILANTHOL not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
STEVIOL 150 ppm Duke, 1992 *
STEVIOLBIOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
STEVIOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
SWIETENINE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
SWIETENOLIDE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
TANNIC-ACID 2-4% diet Duke, 1992 *
TECLEANTHINE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
TENULIN not available Duke, 1992 *
TEPHROSIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
TERPINOLENE not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRANEURIN not available Duke, 1992 *
TOMATIDINE 1uM Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
TOONACILIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
TOOSENDANIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
TRANS-ACONITIC-ACID not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
TRANS-ASARONE 200 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Ruscus aculeatus Butcher's Broom; Box-Holly 3 1, 600
Ruta graveolens Rue 7 20, 000
Rzedowskia tolantonguensis not available 1 0
Salacia cordata not available 1 2.700000047683716
Salix alba White Willow 5 110, 000.09000000358
Salix sp. not available 1 0
Salvia beckeri not available 1 0
Salvia canariensis Canary Island Sage 7 2, 091.2000000029802
Salvia dorisiana 'Honduran' Sage 5 93.00000023841858
Salvia gilliesii 'Cordoba' Sage 4 500
Salvia officinalis Sage 15 1, 825, 292
Salvia sclarea Clary Sage 9 48
Salvia sp. Chia 1 22
Salvia triloba Greek Sage 4 7, 530
Sambucus canadensis American Elder; Elderberry; American Elderberry; Sweet Elder 4 360, 000
Sambucus nigra European Alder; European Elder; European Elderberry; Elder; Black Elder 8 301, 000
Sambucus racemosa not available 1 0
Sambucus simpsonii Simpson's elderberry 1 0
Sanguisorba minor Small Burnet 2 0
Sanguisorba officinalis Greater Burnet 1 0