An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Pesticide

Pesticide

Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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
SECURININE *
SELENIUM *
SELENIUM-SULFIDE *
SELOVICIN *
SENDANIN *
SERGOLIDE *
SERPENTINE *
SESAMIN *
SESELIN *
SHEKANIN *
SHIKIMIC-ACID *
SHIKONIN *
SHIROMODIOL *
SHIROMODIOL-DIACETATE *
SHIROMODIOL-MONOACETATE *
SHOGAOL *
SHOREIC-ACID *
SHUTERONE *
SIDERINE *
SIGMOIDIN-A *
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
List of Activity Plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column.
Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Viscum album European Mistletoe 16 7, 887
Vitellaria paradoxa Butterseed; Shea Nut; Shea-Butter-Tree; Sheatree; Shea 4 389, 927.99999952316
Vitex agnus-castus Chaste-Tree 32 1, 316, 292.5999999344
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 86 5, 497, 614.944003448
Warburgia ugandensis Warburghia 7 30, 000
Wasabia japonica Japanese Horseradish; Wasabi 2 0
Withania somnifera Ashwagandha 11 11, 800
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Yellowroot 6 13, 000
Xanthosoma sagittifolium Malanga; Tannia; Yautia 4 1, 858.200001001358
Xylopia aethiopica Ethiopian Pepper; Guinea Pepper; Negro Pepper; Spice Tree; Mohrenpfeffer (Ger.); Maniguete (Sp.); Pimienta de Guinea (Sp.) 3 63, 707.70000016689
Yucca baccata Spanish Bayonet; Yucca; Banana Yucca; Blue Yucca 7 780.0000009536743
Yucca schidigera Mohave Yucca 1 110
Zanthoxylum alatum Indian Prickly Ash; Wartara Oil Tree 8 0
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 9 52.5
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood 8 0
Zea mays Corn 75 298, 427.5989996488
Zingiber officinale Ginger 87 1, 481, 787.89999938
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 9 515, 712.89999985695
Zizyphus spina-christi Syrian Christ-Thorn 4 330.40000000596046