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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
Scutellaria parvula Small Skullcap 2 56
Selenicereus grandiflorus Night-Blooming Cereus; Queen-of-the-Night 1 0
Serenoa repens Saw Palmetto; Scrub-Palmetto 1 0
Sida rhombifolia Broomweed; Teaplant 1 0
Sideritis athoa Kedi Kuyrugu Cayi 4 293
Sideritis germanicolpitana not available 4 175
Sideritis mugronensis not available 4 862
Sideritis pauli El Molinillo Sideritis 4 1, 614
Sideritis scardica Balkan Sideritis 4 212
Simaba cedron Cedron 1 0
Simarouba glauca Simaruba Bark 1 0
Skimmia arborescens Skimmia 4 1, 560
Smilax china China Root 1 0
Solanum carolinense Horsenettle 2 0
Solanum dulcamara Bitter Nightshade; Bittersweet 2 0
Solanum mammosum Love Apple; Susumber 1 0
Solanum melongena Aubergine; Eggplant 4 0
Solanum nigrum Black Nightshade 2 0
Solanum tuberosum Potato 4 24.5
Solidago gigantea Early Goldenrod 1 0