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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 Sort descending Dosage Reference
THYMOL 0.22 uM/fly Duke, 1992 *
TREWIASINE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
WILFORDINE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
WILFORINE not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ZINGIBERENE not available 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.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Sort descending Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Lycopus virginicus Bugle 3 716
Lycoris radiata Spider Lily 1 0
Lycoris squamigera Magic Lily; Resurrection Lily 1 0
Maclura pomifera Osage-Orange; Hedge Apple 1 0
Magnolia denudata Hsin-I; Xin-Yi 7 0
Magnolia fargesii Hsin-I; Xin-Yi 3 0
Magnolia kobus Hsin-I; Xin-Yi 5 1, 000
Magnolia officinalis Chinese Magnolia; Hou Pu; Magnolia-Bark 2 0
Malus domestica Apple 3 8, 885
Mammea americana Mamey 1 0
Mandragora officinarum Mandrake 1 20
Mangifera indica Mango 2 0
Manihot esculenta Cassava; Tapioca; Yuca 1 5, 400
Marrubium vulgare Horehound; White Horehound 2 0
Matricaria recutita Annual Camomile; German Camomile; Wild Camomile 2 0
Medicago sativa Alfalfa; Lucerne 1 0
Melaleuca alternifolia Teatree 7 396, 752
Melaleuca bracteata Bracteate Tea-Tree 2 0
Melaleuca cajuputi Vietnamese Cajuput Oil 2 680
Melaleuca leucadendra Cajeput 5 0