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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
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