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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
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.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Pinus insularis Khasi Pine 1 941, 000
Pinus kesiya Khasi Pine 1 941, 000
Pinus mugo Dwarf Pine; Swiss Mountain Pine 2 0
Pinus palustris Longleaf Pine 1 160, 750
Pinus roxburghii Chir Pine; Himalayan Longleaf 1 600, 000
Pinus sylvestris Scotch Pine 10 822, 670
Pinus walliciana Bhutan Pine 2 0
Piper auritum Cordoncillo; Hierba Santa; Hoja Santa 7 0
Piper betel Betel Pepper 2 23, 980
Piper cubeba Cubeb; Cubeb Pepper 10 319, 600
Piper nigrum Black Pepper; Pepper; White Pepper 14 1, 451, 550
Piscidia piscipula Jamaica Dogwood 1 0
Pistacia lentiscus Mastic; Chios Mastictree; Mastictree; Mastixbaum (Ger.); Lentisco (Sp.) 2 0
Pisum sativum Pea 1 0
Plectranthus coleoides not available 1 55
Plectranthus incanus Lal Agada 2 1, 640
Plumeria acutifolia Frangipani 1 0
Podophyllum hexandrum Himalayan Mayapple 1 81, 000
Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple 2 13, 000
Podophyllum pleianthum Chinese Mayapple 2 0