An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Biological Activity Antiseptic

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
ALPHA-TERTHIENYL not available Merck 11th Edition
AMORFRUTIN not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ANACARDIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE 200 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
ANISIC-ACID 800 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
ANNONOQUINONE-A not available Duke, 1992 *
ANNUITHRIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ANONAINE <12 ug/ml Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
ANTHOMINE not available Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
ANTOFINE not available Duke, 1992 *
APPARACINE not available Duke, 1992 *
APPARICINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ARBUTIN 60-200 mg/man Duke, 1992 *
ARDISINOL-I not available Duke, 1992 *
ARDISINOL-II not available Duke, 1992 *
ARENARINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AROMADENDRENE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AROMADENDRIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AROMADENDRIN-7-GALACTOSIDE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column.
Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Malva neglecta Cheeses; Common Mallow 1 4, 700
Malva parviflora Cheeseweed 1 9, 490
Malva sylvestris High Mallow 1 5, 710
Mammea americana Mamey 2 9, 030
Mandragora officinarum Mandrake 1 0
Mangifera indica Mango 16 138, 411.4159996193
Manihot esculenta Cassava; Tapioca; Yuca 4 70, 500
Manilkara zapota Sapodilla 1 1, 250
Maranta arundinacea Arrowroot; Bermuda Arrowroot 4 860
Marrubium vulgare Horehound; White Horehound 9 0
Matricaria recutita Annual Camomile; German Camomile; Wild Camomile 16 70, 470
Mauritia flexuosa Aguaje; Buruti; Morichi palm 1 0
Medicago sativa Alfalfa; Lucerne 16 6, 680
Melaleuca alternifolia Teatree 13 1, 982, 457.003
Melaleuca bracteata Bracteate Tea-Tree 2 9, 000
Melaleuca cajuputi Vietnamese Cajuput Oil 4 4, 720
Melaleuca leucadendra Cajeput 9 0
Melaleuca linariifolia Paperbark Tea_tree 5 8, 000
Melaleuca sp Tea-Tree 1 0
Melaleuca viridiflora Broad-Leaf Tea-Tree; Niaouli 5 0