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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
(+)-(1S,10R)-1,10-DIMETHYLBICYCLO(4.4.0)-DEC-6-EN-3-ONE Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
1,8-CINEOLE *
2-NONENAL Merck 11th Edition
2-TRIDECANONE Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
3-TETRADECENE *
4,8,13-DUVATRIEN-1,3-DIOL Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
4-TERPINEOL 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 Grainge, M. and Ahmed, S., Handbook of Plants with Pest-Control Properties, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1988, 470.
ADENINE 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 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 *
ALPHA-PINENE 50 ppm *
ALPHA-TERPINENE *
ALPHA-VETINONE Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
AR-TURMERONE Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ARACHINE Grainge, M. and Ahmed, S., Handbook of Plants with Pest-Control Properties, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1988, 470.
AZADIRACHTIN Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
BAKKENOLIDE-A *
BENZALDEHYDE 50 ppm J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Sechium edule Chayote 1 4
Senna obtusifolia Sicklepod 4 37, 045
Senna occidentalis Coffee Senna 2 16, 146
Serenoa repens Saw Palmetto; Scrub-Palmetto 4 736, 010
Sesamum indicum Sesame; Benneseed; Beni; Ajonjoli (Sp.); Sesamo (Sp.) 8 7, 816, 690
Sicana odorifera Cassabanana 1 4
Sida rhombifolia Broomweed; Teaplant 1 22
Sideritis athoa Kedi Kuyrugu Cayi 13 1, 552.7000000029802
Sideritis germanicolpitana 9 1, 982
Sideritis mugronensis 10 2, 731
Sideritis pauli El Molinillo Sideritis 13 1, 900
Sideritis scardica Balkan Sideritis 5 397
Silybum marianum Milk Thistle; Lady's Thistle 3 1, 900, 000
Simarouba glauca Simaruba Bark 2 401, 260
Sinapis alba White Mustard 3 93, 972
Skimmia arborescens Skimmia 6 175, 060
Smilax china China Root 1 0
Solanum melongena Aubergine; Eggplant 8 12, 980
Solanum nigrum Black Nightshade 3 207, 057
Solanum quitoensis Naranjillo 1 7