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Biological Activity Fungicide

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
PLUMBAGIN not available Duke, 1992 *
PLUMERICIN not available Merck 11th Edition
PLUMERICINE not available Duke, 1992 *
PODOPHYLLOTOXIN not available Duke, 1992 *
POGOSTONE not available Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
PONGAGLABROL-METHYLETHER not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID 2,500-36,000 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOANEMONIN MIC=15 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 500 ug/ml 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.
PRUNETIN 2.5 mM Geibel, M. 1994. Sensitivity of the Fungus Cytospora persoonii to the Flavonoids of Prunus cerasus. Phytochemistry. 38(3): 599-601. 1995.
PRUNIN 2.5 mM Geibel, M. 1994. Sensitivity of the Fungus Cytospora persoonii to the Flavonoids of Prunus cerasus. Phytochemistry. 38(3): 599-601. 1995.
PSEUDOLARIC-ACID-A not available Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN not available Merck 11th Edition
PSORALIDIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PTEROCARPAN ED50=39 ug/ml 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.
PTEROSTILBENE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PTERYGOSPERMIN not available Duke, 1992 *
PULEGONE not available Economou, D., and Nahrstedt, A. 1991. Chemical, Physiological, and Toxicological Aspects of the Essential Oil of Some Species of the Genus Bystropogon*. Planta Medica, 57: 347, 1991.
PYROGALLOL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
QUADRIGENIN not available Watanabe, K., Y. Oguri, M. Miyakado, N. Ohno, and T Mabry. 1985. Structure and fungicidal activity of four pseudoguaianolides isolated from Helenium quadridentatum Labill. Jour. Agric. Food Chem. 33:83.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 3 21, 000
Zizyphus spina-christi Syrian Christ-Thorn 1 0