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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
Apium graveolens Celery 13 4, 172, 527.600000024
Arachis hypogaea Groundnut; Peanut 2 90
Aralia cordata Udo 4 529
Arbutus unedo Arbutus; Strawberry Tree 1 0
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry; Uva Ursi 3 10, 000
Aristolochia serpentaria Serpentaria; Virginia Snakeroot 1 0
Armoracia rusticana Horseradish 2 2, 592
Artemisia abrotanum Southernwood 1 0
Artemisia absinthium Wormwood 1 0
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 12 306, 350
Artemisia capillaris Capillary Wormwood 6 0
Artemisia cina Levant Wormseed 1 24, 000
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 14 214, 208
Artemisia herba-alba Desert Wormwood 7 1, 411
Artemisia pallens Davana 1 0
Artemisia salsoloides not available 9 370, 800
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 7 13.300000190734863
Asarum canadense Wild Ginger 2 0
Asclepias syriaca Milkweed 2 0
Asiasarum heterotropoides Asian Wild Ginger 1 0