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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
ARTEANNUIN-B MIC=100-150 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 4-8 g/day Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
ASCORBIC-ACID MIC=3.3-217 mg/ml Martindale's 28th
ASPIDOSPERMINE not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
ATHONIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ATRANORIN MIC=250 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
AUCUBIGENIN not available Duke, 1992 *
AURAPTENAL 25 ppm Duke, 1992 *
AVENACINE-A not available Wealth of India.
AVENACINE-B not available Wealth of India.
AZULENE 6-500 Valnet, J. 1982. The Practice of Aromatherapy. Translated from the 1980 French Edition by Robin Campbell and Libby Houston. Destiny Books, New York. 279 pp.
BALANITIN not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID 800 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIN not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL not available Martindale's 29th
BENZYL-THIOCYANATE not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBAMINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BERBERASTINE 25 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 25 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Rheum palmatum Chinese Rhubarb 21 21, 918.5
Rheum rhabarbarum Rhubarb 15 34, 583
Rhizophora mangle Red Mangrove 4 124, 743
Rhododendron dauricum Chinese Alpenrose 8 0
Rhododendron ferrugineum Rusty-Leaved Alpenrose 2 0
Rhododendron molle Yellow Azalea 1 0
Rhododendron ponticum Pontic Alpenrose 4 0
Rhodymenia palmata Dulse 2 279
Rhus copallina Dwarf Sumac; Winged Sumac 1 448
Rhus coriaria Sicilian Sumac; Sumac; Tanner's Sumac 4 0
Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac 2 214
Rhus toxicodendron Poison Ivy 2 0
Rhynchosia minima Burn Mouth Vine 2 0
Ribes nigrum Black Currant 30 186, 716
Ribes rubrum Red Currant; White Currant 9 61, 232
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry 10 22, 905
Ricinus communis Castorbean 5 0
Robinia pseudoacacia Black Locust 6 0
Rollinia mucosa Biriba; Lancewood 1 5, 800
Rosa canina Rose; Dogbrier; Dog Rose 11 357, 939