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Biological Activity Insectifuge

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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
(+)-(1S,10R)-1,10-DIMETHYLBICYCLO(4.4.0)-DEC-6-EN-3-ONE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
1,8-CINEOLE not available Duke, 1992 *
2-NONENAL not available Merck 11th Edition
2-TRIDECANONE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
3-TETRADECENE not available Duke, 1992 *
4,8,13-DUVATRIEN-1,3-DIOL not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
4-TERPINEOL not available Bowers, W.S., Ortego, F., You, X., and Evans, P.H. Insect Repellents From The Chinese Prickly Ash Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Journal of Natural Products, 56(6): 935-938, 1993.
ABROTINE not available Grainge, M. and Ahmed, S., Handbook of Plants with Pest-Control Properties, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1988, 470.
ADENINE not available Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
ALANTOLACTONE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ALLITHIAMIN 75-150 mg/man/day Martindale's 28th
ALPHA-AMYRIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 50 ppm Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-VETINONE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
AR-TURMERONE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ARACHINE not available Grainge, M. and Ahmed, S., Handbook of Plants with Pest-Control Properties, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1988, 470.
AZADIRACHTIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
BAKKENOLIDE-A not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 50 ppm J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Pycnanthemum beadlei Beadle's Mountain Mint 11 4, 284
Pycnanthemum californicum California Mountain Mint 8 30, 060
Pycnanthemum clinopodioides Clinopod Mountain Mint 13 22, 198
Pycnanthemum curvipes Curved Mountain Mint 6 2, 554
Pycnanthemum incanum Hoary Mountain Mint 10 12, 046
Pycnanthemum loomisii Loomis' Mountain Mint 14 36, 666
Pycnanthemum montanum Montane Mountain Mint 12 7, 472
Pycnanthemum muticum Muticous Mountain Mint 11 43, 650
Pycnanthemum nudum Nude Mountain Mint 2 24, 258
Pycnanthemum pilosum Pilose Mountain Mint 8 60, 340
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides Typical Mountain Mint 12 45, 878
Pycnanthemum setosum Setose Mountain Mint 12 32, 550
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slenderleaf Mountain Mint 15 32, 520
Pycnanthemum torreyi Torrey's Mountain Mint 10 1, 230
Pycnanthemum verticillatum Whorled Mountain Mint 8 15, 582
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia Mountain Mint 14 36, 714
Pyrus communis Pear 5 35, 636.200000047684
Quararibea cordata Chupa-Chupa; Sapote 1 4.199999809265137
Quercus alba White Oak 1 0
Quisqualis indica Rangoon Creeper 2 154, 440