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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
CARYOPTIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CASTANOSPERMINE not available Merck 11th Edition
CASTILLEN-D not available Duke, 1992 *
CASTILLENE not available Duke, 1992 *
CATALPOSIDE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CATECHIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
CATHINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CEDRELONE IC50=8 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.
CELANGULINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CHAMAECYNONE not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
CICHORIIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
CINNAMODIAL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CINNZEYLANONE not available Duke, 1992 *
CLERODENDRIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
CLERODIN IC=100 ppm Duke, 1992 *
CNICIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COCAINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CORONOPILIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CUCURBITACIN not available Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Leptospermum scoparium Manuka; Broom Teatree 1 0
Levisticum officinale Lovage 7 320
Ligustrum japonicum Japanese Privet; Ligustri Fructus 2 0
Ligustrum lucidum Chinese Privet; Glossy Privet; Ligustri Fructus; Privet; White Waxtree 3 0
Limnophila rugosa not available 1 0
Limonia acidissima Elephant Apple; Manzana De Elefante; Wood-Apple 1 0
Lindera benzoin Benjamin Bush; Spicebush; Wild Allspice; Fieberstrauch (Ger.) 6 1, 649.6000000238419
Linum usitatissimum Flax; Linseed 3 38
Lippia alba White Lippia 3 0
Lippia dulcis Sweet Herb 2 0
Lippia javanica Lemon Bush; Umsuzwane (Zulu) 1 0
Liquidambar orientalis Oriental Storax; Oriental Styrax 1 0
Liquidambar styraciflua American Styrax; Sweetgum 4 0
Lithocarpus cornea not available 1 1
Lithocarpus elizabethae not available 1 0
Lithocarpus haipinii not available 1 0
Lithocarpus polystachya not available 1 0.4000000059604645
Litsea glaucescens Mexican bay 5 457
Lonicera japonica Japanese Honeysuckle 4 60, 000.47600001097
Lophophora williamsii Peyote 1 0