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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Molluscicide

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
FERRUBIETOLIDE *
GINGEROL 5 ppm *
GINKGOIC-ACID Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GLAUCOLIDE-B *
GYPSOGENIN-3-O-RHAMNOSYLGLUCURONIDE Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HEDERAGENIN 7.5-25 ppm Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
HEDERAGENIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE LD100=3 mg/l Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HEDERAGENIN-GLYCOSIDE 7.5-25 ppm Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
HELENALIN Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HELIETTIN *
HYPERCALIN-B Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
IMBERBIC-ACID 20 ppm *
IMPERATORIN *
ISOPIMPINELLIN *
ISOTENULIN *
LEMMATOXIN LD90=1.5 mg/L *
LENTICELLARINE 75 ppm *
LUPANINE *
MEDICAGENIC-ACID 7.5-25 ppm Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
MUKAADIAL Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Thymus x citriodorus Funk's thyme; Lemon Thyme 1 100
Thymus zygis 'Portuguese' Thyme 1 15, 390
Trachyspermum ammi Ajwan 1 19, 400
Turnera diffusa Damiana 1 0
Ulex europaeus Gorse 1 1, 000
Umbellularia californica California Bay 1 1, 320
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry 1 0
Valeriana officinalis Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope 1 2, 580
Warburgia ugandensis Warburghia 2 0
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 3 44
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood 1 0
Zea mays Corn 2 0
Zingiber officinale Ginger 3 330