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Biological Activity Antifeedant

List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
BILOBALIDE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
BORNEOL not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
BRUCEANTIN not available Duke, 1992 *
BRUCEANTINOL not available Duke, 1992 *
BRUCEINE not available Duke, 1992 *
BRUSATOL not available Duke, 1992 *
BUDLEIN-A 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.
CADINENE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
CAFFEINE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
CAMELLIDIN-II not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
CAMPHOR IC50=5,000 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.
CANAVANINE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
CANIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CANNELAL not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPILLARIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
CAPILLIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
CARYOPHYLLENE 500 ppm 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.
CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE 1 mM (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.
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE not available Bettarini, F., Borgonovi, G.E., et al. 1991. Antiparasitic Compounds from East African Plants: Isolation and Biological Activity of Anonaine, Matricarianol, Canthin-6-One and Caryophyllene Oxide. Insect Sci. Applic. 14(1): 93-99, 1993.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Diospyros undulata not available 1 0
Diospyros verrucosa not available 1 750
Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon 4 0
Diospyros walkeri not available 1 1, 090
Diospyros wallichii not available 1 0
Diospyros zenkeri not available 1 736.7000122070312
Dipsacus fullonum not available 1 0
Dipterocarpus glandulosus not available 1 0
Dipterocarpus hispidus not available 1 0
Dipterocarpus insignis not available 1 0
Dipterocarpus zeylanicus not available 1 0
Dipteryx odorata Tonka Bean; Dutch Tonka Bean 2 0
Dodonaea viscosa Hopwood 3 0
Dracocephalum parviflora Small-Flowered Moldavica 1 50
Dracocephalum thymiflora Thyme-Flowered Moldavica 4 308
Drimys winteri Winter's Bark 4 0
Duboisia leichhardtii not available 1 0
Duboisia myoporoides Corkwood Tree; Pituri 2 3, 400
Duchesnea indica False Strawberry; Indian Strawberry; Mock Strawberry 2 0
Echinacea angustifolia Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower 8 0