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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
CUCURBITACIN-B not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CUCURBITACIN-D not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CUCURBITACIN-E not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
D-LIMONENE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
DEHYDRO-ALPHA-LAPACHONE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
DELTA-3-CARENE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
DEMISSIDINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DIALLYL-DISULFIDE not available LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
DOLICHODIAL not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ELEMICIN not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ENT-ISOALANTOLACTONE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
EPIZIZANAL not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ERYTHROPHLEINE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ESTRAGOLE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
EUCALYPTOL not available Merck 11th Edition
EUGENOL not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
FERULIC-ACID 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.
GAMMA-TERPINENE not available Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
GERANIOL 50 ppm Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYPOL not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
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