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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
Levisticum officinale Lovage 11 500
Ligustrum japonicum Japanese Privet; Ligustri Fructus 2 0
Lindera benzoin Benjamin Bush; Spicebush; Wild Allspice; Fieberstrauch (Ger.) 7 643, 849.6000000238
Linum usitatissimum Flax; Linseed 1 0
Lippia alba White Lippia 6 0
Lippia dulcis Sweet Herb 1 0
Lippia javanica Lemon Bush; Umsuzwane (Zulu) 1 0
Liquidambar orientalis Oriental Storax; Oriental Styrax 1 300, 000
Liquidambar styraciflua American Styrax; Sweetgum 2 460, 000
Litsea glaucescens Mexican bay 7 1, 388
Lonicera japonica Japanese Honeysuckle 3 0
Lycium barbarum Barbary Matrimony Vine; Ning Xia Gou Qi (Chin.); Matrimony Vine; Common Matrimony Vine; Duke of Argyll's Eta Tree 2 0
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.) 1 539
Lycopersicon esculentum Tomato 7 0
Lycopodium clavatum Antler Herb; Clubmoss 2 0
Lycopodium lucidulum Shining Clubmoss 1 0
Lycopodium selago Clubmoss 1 0
Lycopus europeus European Bugle 1 0
Lycopus uniflorus One-Flowered Bugle 4 314
Lycopus virginicus Bugle 5 1, 232