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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
Annona glabra Pondapple 1 0
Annona montana Mountain Soursop 1 0
Annona muricata Soursop 1 0
Annona reticulata Custard Apple 2 1, 200
Annona squamosa Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop 5 0
Anthriscus cerefolium Chervil 2 0
Apium graveolens Celery 19 5, 036, 924.549999982
Aquilegia vulgaris Columbine 1 0
Arachis hypogaea Groundnut; Peanut 2 0
Aralia cordata Udo 4 490
Araucaria bidwillii Monkey puzzle 1 0
Arctium lappa Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock 2 90
Aristolochia debilis Chinese Birthwort 1 0
Aristolochia serpentaria Serpentaria; Virginia Snakeroot 1 0
Armoracia rusticana Horseradish 1 0
Arnica montana Leopard's-Bane; Mountain Tobacco 2 0
Artemisia abrotanum Southernwood 1 0
Artemisia absinthium Wormwood 3 1, 750
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 10 147, 750
Artemisia capillaris Capillary Wormwood 4 0