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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
Pycnanthemum verticillatum Whorled Mountain Mint 3 714
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia Mountain Mint 4 16, 269
Pyropolyporus fomentarius not available 1 0
Pyrus communis Pear 3 28
Quassia amara Bitterwood; Quassia 1 0
Quercus alba White Oak 4 0
Quercus bambusaefolia not available 1 14
Quercus championi not available 1 6.599999904632568
Quercus infectoria Aleppo Oak; Dyer's Oak; Gall Oak 2 0
Quercus myrsinaefolia not available 1 0.550000011920929
Quercus robur English Oak 3 0
Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak 3 0
Quercus suber Cork Oak 1 0
Quercus velutina Black Oak 2 0
Quisqualis indica Rangoon Creeper 1 0
Rabdosia adenantha not available 1 0
Raphanus sativus Radish 1 0
Ravensara aromatica Ravensara 6 18, 616
Rehmannia glutinosa Chinese Foxglove 1 0
Rheedia gardneriana not available 1 0