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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Insecticide

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
THYMOL 0.22 uM/fly *
TREWIASINE Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
WILFORDINE Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
WILFORINE *
XANTHOTOXIN Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ZINGIBERENE 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 Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 13 2, 957, 248.3999996185
Artemisia herba-alba Desert Wormwood 3 773
Artemisia salsoloides 5 21, 950
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 5 0
Artocarpus altilis Breadfruit 1 0
Arundo donax Giant Reed 2 0
Asarum canadense Wild Ginger 3 0
Asclepias syriaca Milkweed 1 0
Asiasarum heterotropoides Asian Wild Ginger 2 0
Asiasarum sieboldii Siebold's Wild Ginger 1 0
Asimina triloba Pawpaw 1 0.5479999780654907
Aspalathus linearis Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea 8 130, 500
Asparagus officinalis Asparagus 1 0
Atractylodes lancea Cang Zhu 1 0
Atropa bella-donna Belladonna 2 0
Avena sativa Oats 3 132, 000
Azadirachta indica Neem 2 0
Bacopa monnieri Brahmi; Water Hyssop 1 0
Balanites aegyptiacus Desert Date; Soapberry Tree; dattier du desert (Fr.); dattier sauvage (Fr.); heglik (Fr.); Zachunbaum (Ger.); betu (India); hingotia (India); lalo (India); zachun (India); mirobalano de Egipto (Sp.) 1 0
Ballota nigra Black Horehound 2 6