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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
Xanthosoma sagittifolium Malanga; Tannia; Yautia 1 11.399999856948853
Xylopia aethiopica Ethiopian Pepper; Guinea Pepper; Negro Pepper; Spice Tree; Mohrenpfeffer (Ger.); Maniguete (Sp.); Pimienta de Guinea (Sp.) 1 63, 700
Yucca baccata Spanish Bayonet; Yucca; Banana Yucca; Blue Yucca 1 9.600000381469727
Zanthoxylum alatum Indian Prickly Ash; Wartara Oil Tree 2 0
Zea mays Corn 22 48, 235.79999989271
Zingiber officinale Ginger 30 468, 496
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 1 3.8999998569488525
Zizyphus spina-christi Syrian Christ-Thorn 1 0.4000000059604645