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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
L-DOPA *
LACTUPICRIN Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
LARICIRESINOL *
LAWSONE 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.
LEIOKININE-A *
LEIOKININE-B *
LEPTINE Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
LICOISOFLAVONE-A 1.2 ppm Russell, G. B., Phytochemical resources for crop protection, N. Z. J. Technol., 2, 1986, 127-134.
LICOISOFLAVONE-B ED50=<1 ppm *
LIGULATIN *
LIMONENE *
LIMONIN Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
LUTEOLIN 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.
LUTEONE 0.27 mM 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.
LYCORENINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LYCORICIDINE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MELIANTRIOL Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
MELICOPICINE Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
MENADIONE 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.
METHYL-(3S,5S)-5-HYDROXY-3-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLOXY)-HEXANOATE *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Prunella vulgaris Self-Heal; Heal-All 5 1, 200
Prunus africana Bitter Almond; Red Stinkwood 1 354
Prunus armeniaca Apricot 9 19, 000
Prunus cerasus Sour Cherry 8 0
Prunus domestica Plum 4 600
Prunus dulcis Almond 4 1, 230
Prunus laurocerasus Cherry Laurel 1 0
Prunus pensylvanica 1 0
Prunus persica Peach 4 0
Prunus serotina Black Cherry; Wild Cherry 2 0
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn; Sloe 4 0
Psidium cattleianum Strawberry Guava 1 0
Psidium guajava Guava 10 379, 200
Psoralea corylifolia Babchi; Black Dot; Malaya Tea 3 0
Psychotria adenophylla 1 0
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken; Bracken Fern 5 0
Pterocarpus marsupium Indian Kino; Malabar Kino; bijasal 1 0
Pterocarpus santalinus Red Saunders 2 0
Pterospermum acerifolium 1 0
Pterospermum lanceaefolium 1 3, 800