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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Bruchifuge

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
BUTYRIC-ACID Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
SHIKIMIC-ACID Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
XANTHOPHYLL *
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Malus domestica Apple 1 0
Mammea americana Mamey 1 700, 000
Mangifera indica Mango 1 42
Medicago sativa Alfalfa; Lucerne 1 0
Mentha pulegium European Pennyroyal 1 0
Mentha spicata Spearmint; Hortela da Folha Miuda 1 0
Menyanthes trifoliata Bogbean; Buckbean; Bog Myrtle; Marsh Clover; Marsh Trefoil; Water Trefoil 1 0
Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot 1 0
Morus alba Sang-Pai-Pi; White Mulberry 1 0
Murraya sp None 1 0
Musa x paradisiaca Banana; Plantain 2 0
Myristica fragrans Mace; Nutmeg; Muskatnussbaum (Ger.); nogal moscado (Sp.); nuez moscada (Sp.) 1 0
Nicotiana tabacum Tobacco 2 0
Ocimum basilicum Basil; Sweet Basil; Cuban Basil 1 0
Ocimum gratissimum Agbo; Shrubby Basil 1 0
Opuntia ficus-indica Indian Fig; Prickly Pear; Nopal; Nopalito 1 880
Oryza sativa Rice 2 0
Passiflora incarnata Manzana de Mayo; Mayapple; Passionflower 1 0
Perilla frutescens Perilla 1 0
Persea americana Avocado 1 0