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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Biological Activity Bruchiphobe

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
BETAINE Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
COUMARIN *
MALIC-ACID Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
SUCCINIC-ACID Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Justicia adhatoda Malabar Nut 1 0
Justicia pectoralis Angel Of Death; Bolek Hena; Curia 2 0
Kalanchoe daegrimontiana Devil's-Backbone 2 0
Kalanchoe pinnata Air Plant; Siempre Viva 2 0
Lactuca sativa Lettuce 1 600
Lactuca scariola Prickly Lettuce 1 0
Lactuca virosa Bitter Lettuce 1 0
Lavandula angustifolia English Lavender 1 1, 500
Lavandula latifolia Aspic; Broad-Leaved Lavender; Spike Lavender 1 66
Lavandula x intermedia Dutch Lavender; Lavandin 1 0
Ledum palustre Marsh Tea; Wild Rosemary 1 0
Leonurus cardiaca Motherwort 1 0
Lepidium meyenii Maca; Peruvian Ginseng 1 0
Levisticum officinale Lovage 1 0
Linum usitatissimum Flax; Linseed 1 0
Lupinus albus White Lupine 2 0
Lycium barbarum Barbary Matrimony Vine; Ning Xia Gou Qi (Chin.); Matrimony Vine; Common Matrimony Vine; Duke of Argyll's Eta Tree 1 50, 000
Lycium chilense Chilean Wolfberry 1 10, 000
Lycium chinense Wolfberry; Chinese Boxthorn; Chinese Matrimony Vine; Chinese Wolfberry; Gou Qi (Chin.); Lyciet de Chine (Fr.); Chinesischer Bocksdorn (Ger.); Daun Koki (Indones.); Spina Santa Cinese (Ital.); Kuko (Jap.); Kaukichai (Malays.) 1 162, 800
Lycopersicon esculentum Tomato 3 92