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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
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