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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
INFLEXIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
IPLAMIDE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ISOALANTOLACTONE not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBOLDINE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ISOBRUCEINE-B not available Duke, 1992 *
ISODOMEDONE not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPETASIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ISOPIMARIC-ACID not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ISOPIMPINELLIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ISOPONGAFLAVONE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ISOQUERCITRIN not available Russell, G. B., Phytochemical resources for crop protection, N. Z. J. Technol., 2, 1986, 127-134.
JAPONIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
JODRELLIN-A IC=50ppm Duke, 1992 *
JODRELLIN-B IC=25ppm Duke, 1992 *
JUGLONE not available 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.
KALMITOXIN not available Duke, 1992 *
KARAKIN not available Russell, G. B., Phytochemical resources for crop protection, N. Z. J. Technol., 2, 1986, 127-134.
KARANJIN not available Duke, 1992 *
KLAINEANONE not available Duke, 1992 *
KOKUSAGONE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Pterospermum suberifolium not available 1 0
Pterospermum xylocarpum not available 1 0
Ptychopetalum olacoides Muira Puama 7 366, 000
Pueraria montana Kudzu; Kudsu 6 0
Pueraria pseudohirsuta Chinese Kudzu 2 0
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 10 6, 400
Pycnanthemum albescens White Mountain Mint 2 5, 751
Pycnanthemum beadlei Beadle's Mountain Mint 4 441
Pycnanthemum californicum California Mountain Mint 3 432
Pycnanthemum clinopodioides Clinopod Mountain Mint 5 11, 704
Pycnanthemum curvipes Curved Mountain Mint 2 2, 407
Pycnanthemum incanum Hoary Mountain Mint 4 1, 387
Pycnanthemum loomisii Loomis' Mountain Mint 7 6, 384
Pycnanthemum montanum Montane Mountain Mint 5 4, 648
Pycnanthemum muticum Muticous Mountain Mint 4 2, 750
Pycnanthemum pilosum Pilose Mountain Mint 3 3, 430
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides Typical Mountain Mint 6 7, 830
Pycnanthemum setosum Setose Mountain Mint 5 4, 278
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slenderleaf Mountain Mint 9 13, 740
Pycnanthemum torreyi Torrey's Mountain Mint 3 220