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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
HALLACTONE-A not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HALLACTONE-B not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HAPLOPHYTINE not available Merck 11th Edition
HCN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
HELENALIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
HERCULIN not available Duke, 1992 *
HIMACHALOL not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
HINOKITIOL not available Duke, 1992 *
HYMENOLIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HYPACONITINE not available Grainge, M. and Ahmed, S., Handbook of Plants with Pest-Control Properties, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1988, 470.
HYPERICIN not available Duke, 1992 *
IRIDOMYRMECIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ISOARISTOLOCHIC-ACID not available Grainge, M. and Ahmed, S., Handbook of Plants with Pest-Control Properties, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1988, 470.
ISOPIMPINELLIN not available Duke, 1992 *
JASMOLIN not available Merck 11th Edition
JERVINE not available Grainge, M. and Ahmed, S., Handbook of Plants with Pest-Control Properties, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1988, 470.
JUSTICIDINE-B not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
KARANJIN not available Duke, 1992 *
L-ALBIZZINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
L-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.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken; Bracken Fern 2 1, 120
Pterocarpus marsupium Indian Kino; Malabar Kino; bijasal 1 0
Pterocarpus santalinus Red Saunders 1 0
Ptychopetalum olacoides Muira Puama 6 310, 000
Pueraria montana Kudzu; Kudsu 2 0
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 2 400
Pycnanthemum albescens White Mountain Mint 6 36, 801
Pycnanthemum beadlei Beadle's Mountain Mint 4 4, 571
Pycnanthemum californicum California Mountain Mint 5 29, 124
Pycnanthemum clinopodioides Clinopod Mountain Mint 6 29, 766
Pycnanthemum curvipes Curved Mountain Mint 3 2, 449
Pycnanthemum incanum Hoary Mountain Mint 5 21, 793
Pycnanthemum loomisii Loomis' Mountain Mint 7 7, 392
Pycnanthemum montanum Montane Mountain Mint 4 2, 168
Pycnanthemum muticum Muticous Mountain Mint 4 52, 650
Pycnanthemum nudum Nude Mountain Mint 1 46, 696
Pycnanthemum pilosum Pilose Mountain Mint 6 89, 740
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides Typical Mountain Mint 5 61, 770
Pycnanthemum setosum Setose Mountain Mint 6 29, 760
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slenderleaf Mountain Mint 7 28, 560