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Biological Activity Insecticide

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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
CEVADINE not available Merck 11th Edition
CINERINS not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CINNAMALDEHYDE not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CINNZELANIN not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CINNZELANOL not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CNS-STIMULANT not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
COCCULOLIDINE not available Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
CORIAMYRTIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
D-CARVONE not available Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
D-LIMONENE not available Duke, 1992 *
D-NORNICOTINE not available Merck 11th Edition
DAPHNODORINES not available Duke, 1992 *
DEGUELIN not available Merck 11th Edition
DELCOSINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DELSOLINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DEOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN not available Duke, 1992 *
DESOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN not available Duke, 1992 *
DI-N-PROPYL-DISULFIDE LC50=980-1,000 ppm Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-DISULFIDE LC50=280-340 ppm Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-TRISULFIDE not available LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Murraya koenigii Curry Leaf Tree; Curry Leaf; Indian Curry Tree 8 30, 390.30000000447
Murraya sp None 1 0
Musa x paradisiaca Banana; Plantain 3 0
Myrciaria dubia Camu-camu (Eng.,Peru,Scn.,Sp.); Rumberry (Eng.); Camo Camo (Peru); Araza de Agua (Sp.); Camu-camu Negro (Peru); Guapuro Blanco (Bol.) 3 0
Myrica cerifera Bayberry; Wax Myrtle; Southern Bayberry; Candle-Berry 3 0
Myristica fragrans Mace; Nutmeg; Muskatnussbaum (Ger.); nogal moscado (Sp.); nuez moscada (Sp.) 10 6, 856, 500
Myroxylon balsamum Peru Balsam; Tolu Balsam 5 0
Myrrhis odorata Garden Myrrh; Myrrh; Sweet Chervil; Sweet Cicely; Cicely 6 101, 500
Myrtus communis Myrtle; Myrte (Ger.); Arrayan (Sp.); Mirto (Sp.) 11 23, 224
Nandina domestica Heavenly Bamboo; Sacred Bamboo; Southern Heaven Bamboo; Nanten (Jap.) 1 0
Narcissus tazetta Daffodil 4 190
Nardostachys jatamansi Indian Nard; Spikenard 1 0
Nasturtium officinale Berro; Watercress 2 0
Nelumbo nucifera Water Lotus 2 0
Nepeta cataria Catnip 4 2, 365
Nepeta racemosa Catmint 6 1, 664
Nerium oleander Oleander 2 0
Nicotiana glauca Tree Tobacco 3 21, 000
Nicotiana rustica Aztec Tobacco 2 0
Nicotiana tabacum Tobacco 6 50, 000