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Biological Activity Nematicide

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
SHOGAOL not available Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
SN-GLYCEROL-1-EICOSA-9,12-DIENOATE-2-PALMITOLEATE-3-LINOLEATE ED50=100 ug/ml Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
SULFORAPHAN not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL MLC=1 mg/ml Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
THIARRUBRINE-A 5 ppm Duke, 1992 *
THIOPHENE not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL MLC=0.1 mg/ml Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
TRANS-ASARONE 200 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-DEHYDROMATRICARIA not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
TRANS-DEHYDROMATRICARIA-ESTER not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
TRIDEC-1-EN-3,5,7,9,11-PENTAYNE not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Vigna mungo Black Gram 2 7, 600
Vigna radiata Green Gram; Mungbean 4 33, 756
Vigna unguiculata Cowpea; Black-eyed Pea; Crowder Pea; Southern Pea 5 187, 042
Viola odorata Common Violet; Sweet Violet 4 714
Virola surinamensis Ucahuba; Ucuuba 4 1, 130, 680
Viscum album European Mistletoe 2 0
Vitellaria paradoxa Butterseed; Shea Nut; Shea-Butter-Tree; Sheatree; Shea 3 879, 550
Vitex agnus-castus Chaste-Tree 9 1, 195, 963.5
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 10 6, 461, 416
Withania somnifera Ashwagandha 1 600, 000
Zanthoxylum alatum Indian Prickly Ash; Wartara Oil Tree 4 0
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 1 0
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood 2 0
Zea mays Corn 17 50, 877
Zingiber officinale Ginger 27 706, 468