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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
Asiasarum sieboldii Siebold's Wild Ginger 1 0
Asimina triloba Pawpaw 3 1.8769999258220196
Aspalathus linearis Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea 5 43, 801.98000007868
Asparagus officinalis Asparagus 1 0
Astragalus membranaceus Huang-Chi; Huang Qi 2 0
Atropa bella-donna Belladonna 2 0
Avena sativa Oats 3 10
Azadirachta indica Neem 1 0
Bacopa monnieri Brahmi; Water Hyssop 1 0
Ballota nigra Black Horehound 3 4
Baptisia tinctoria Wild Indigo 1 0
Barosma betulina Buchu 2 2, 750
Basella alba Vinespinach 1 0
Beta vulgaris Beet; Beetroot; Sugar Beet; Garden Beet 2 0
Bidens pilosa not available 2 140, 000
Boronia megastigma Scented Boronia 1 0
Boswellia sacra Olibanum; Frankincense; Olibanum Tree; Weihrauchbaum (Ger.); Weihrauchpflanze (Ger.); arbol del incensio (Sp.); Oliban (Sp.) 6 5, 971, 715.400000334
Boswellia serrata Salaki; Salai Guggal; Kundur Luban; Salai; Indian Olibanum-Tree; Indian Frankincense 6 1, 461, 600
Brassica juncea Mustard Greens 2 0
Brassica nigra Black Mustard 3 11, 760