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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 Sort descending Dosage Reference
GUAIACOL not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
HELENALIN not available Duke, 1992 *
IPSDIENONE not available Van Wyk, B. E. and Gericke, N. 2000. People's Plants. Briza Publications, Arcadia, South Africa. 351 pp.
ISOALANTOLACTONE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
ISOBORNEOL not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBORNYL-ACETATE not available Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIMONE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
L-DODECENE not available Duke, 1992 *
L-DOPA not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
LAPACHANONE not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPACHOL not available Duke, 1992 *
LASIDIOL-ANGELATE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
LIMONENE not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
LINALOOL not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
LINOFOLIN-A not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
LINOLEIC-ACID not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
LINOLENIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 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.
MANDELIC-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.
MELIANTRIOL not available Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
MELIATIN not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Sort descending Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Aquilegia vulgaris Columbine 2 80, 700
Arachis hypogaea Groundnut; Peanut 8 1, 398, 198
Aralia cordata Udo 9 566
Aralia spinosa Devil's Walking Stick; Hercules' Club; Prickly Ash; American Angelica Tree 1 408, 000
Arctium lappa Gobo; Great Burdock; Burdock 8 488, 133
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry; Uva Ursi 5 2
Areca catechu Betel Nut; Pin-Lang 3 83, 523.79999995232
Argemone mexicana Prickly Poppy 2 274, 400
Arisaema consanguineum Chinese Jack-In-The-Pulpit 1 0
Aristolochia serpentaria Serpentaria; Virginia Snakeroot 1 0
Armoracia rusticana Horseradish 3 3
Arnica montana Leopard's-Bane; Mountain Tobacco 5 0
Arracacia xanthorrhiza Arracacha; Peruvian Carrot 1 4.800000190734863
Artemisia abrotanum Southernwood 4 30, 000
Artemisia absinthium Wormwood 4 1, 750
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 21 299, 325
Artemisia capillaris Capillary Wormwood 13 0
Artemisia cina Levant Wormseed 2 24, 000
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 22 3, 064, 612.3999996185
Artemisia herba-alba Desert Wormwood 9 1, 865