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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
DEHYDROABIETIC-ACID not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
DEHYDROLEUCODIN not available Duke, 1992 *
DEMISSIDINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DEMISSINE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
DESACETYLEUPASSERIN IC100=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.
DUMSIN not available Hanke, F. J., Natural Products as a Resource for Biologically Active Compounds, Thesis, U. Cal (Santa Cruz), 1986, 252 pp
ELEMICIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
EMODIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ENCECALIN LD50=2 umol/g diet Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ERIANCORIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ERIODICTYOL 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.
ERYTHRO-9,10-DIHYDROXY-1-OCTADECANOL-ACETATE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
EUGENOL not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
EUPATOMOLIDE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
EUPATORIOPICRIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
EVOXINE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
FORMONONETIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
FRIEDELAN-3-ONE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
GAMMA-TERPINENE not available Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Erythroxylum monogynum Bastard sandal; Red cedar 2 800
Erythroxylum novogranatense Coca 4 5, 100
Erythroxylum panamense not available 1 14
Erythroxylum pelleterianum not available 1 12
Erythroxylum pulchrum Arco de pipa 1 4
Erythroxylum recurrens not available 1 3, 000
Erythroxylum rotundifolium Arabillo; Jiba 1 500
Erythroxylum shatoni not available 1 5
Erythroxylum sp. Wild coca 1 0
Erythroxylum steyermarkii Cerecito; Hayo; Jaillito 1 3, 300
Erythroxylum ulei not available 1 0
Eschscholzia californica California Poppy 4 50, 000
Eucalyptus albens not available 4 315.30000000447035
Eucalyptus angulosa not available 5 894
Eucalyptus astringens not available 4 4, 535.20000000298
Eucalyptus behriana not available 6 78.50000023841858
Eucalyptus blakelyi not available 4 100.30000000447035
Eucalyptus bosistoana not available 4 1, 264.2000000029802
Eucalyptus botryoides not available 4 1, 012.1000000014901
Eucalyptus brassiana Brasses' Eucalyptus 8 1, 020.6999999880791