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Biological Activity Herbicide

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
TRANS-4-HYDROXY-L-PROLINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
VISCIDULIN-C IC30=100 uM Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
XANTHOTOXIN not available 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.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Euphorbia hirta Queensland Asthma Herb 1 0
Euphorbia lathyris Caper Spurge; Mole Plant 1 0
Euphrasia officinalis Eyebright 1 0
Ferula assa-foetida Asafetida; Asafoetida; Assa-foetida; Devil's Dung; Stinkasant (Ger.); Asafetida (Sp.); test 3 1, 192, 100
Ferula gummosa Galbanum 4 0
Ficus carica Fig; Figuier Commun (Fr.); Echte Feige (Ger.); Feigenbaum (Ger.); Fico (Ital.); Figueira (Port.); Higo (Sp.); Higuera Comun (Sp.) 10 0
Firmiana simplex Chinese Parasol 1 0
Foeniculum vulgare Fennel 15 1, 580, 090.5
Fragaria spp Strawberry 2 0
Galipea officinalis Angostura 1 0
Galium odoratum Waldmeister; Woodruff 1 1, 000
Gardenia jasminoides Gardenia; Shan-Chih-Tzu; Shan-Zhi-Zi; Zhi Zi; Jasmin; Cape Jasmine 1 0
Gaultheria procumbens Teaberry; Wintergreen; Checkerberry; Creeping Wintergreen; Mountain Tea; Wintergrun (Ger.) 1 0
Gelsemium sempervirens Yellow Jessamine 1 0
Genipa americana Genipap; Jagua 1 45, 000
Gentiana lutea Yellow Gentian; Gentian 1 693, 600
Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo; Maidenhair Tree 1 0
Glechoma hederacea Alehoof 9 109
Glehnia littoralis Bei Sha Shen 2 0
Glycine max Soybean 3 8