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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
ANTHRANILIC-ACID 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.
APHANIN Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ARCANGELOLIDE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ARCURCEMENE Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ARGOPHYLLIN-A IC50=10,000 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.
ARGOPHYLLIN-B IC100=10,000 ppm diet Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
ARTECANIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ASIMICIN EC86=0.1% Rupprect, J. K., Hui, Y. H., and McLaughlin, J. L., Annonaceous acetogenins: a review, J. Nat. Prod, 53(2), 1990, 237-238.
AZADIRACHTIN EC50=0.29 ppm *
AZADIRACHTIN IC50=0.07-0.7 ppm diet *
AZADIRACHTIN-A *
AZADIRADIONE *
AZEDERACHOL *
BAKKENOLIDE-A Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BALANITIN *
BERGAPTENE Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
BERGENIN ED50=2,187-2,432 ppm *
BETA-NITROPROPIONIC-ACID Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
BETA-SITOSTEROL Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
BETULIN *
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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 1 0
Salacia cordata 1 2.700000047683716
Salix alba White Willow 5 110, 000.09000000358
Salix sp. 1 0
Salvia beckeri 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 1 0
Sambucus simpsonii Simpson's elderberry 1 0
Sanguisorba minor Small Burnet 2 0
Sanguisorba officinalis Greater Burnet 1 0