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Biological Activity Pheromone

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
(+)-TRANS-VERBENYL-ACETATE not available Duke, 1992 *
D-BORNYL-ACETATE not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESENE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GERMACRENE-D not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS,TRANS-FARNESENE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Achillea millefolium Yarrow; Milfoil 2 0
Acinos alpinus Te de Sierra Nevada 1 570
Agastache foeniculum Giant Hyssop 1 2, 525
Agastache nepetoides not available 1 260
Agastache rugosa not available 1 0
Agastache urticifolia Nettle-Leaf Giant Hyssop 1 26
Ageratum conyzoides Mexican ageratum 1 6, 320
Aloysia citrodora Lemon Verbena 1 126
Anethum graveolens Dill; Garden Dill 1 380
Angelica archangelica Garden Angelica; Angelica; Wild Parsnip 1 78
Annona squamosa Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop 1 0
Aralia cordata Udo 1 16
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 1 36, 600
Artemisia salsoloides not available 1 2, 850
Ballota nigra Black Horehound 1 127
Bidens pilosa not available 1 730, 000
Boswellia sacra Olibanum; Frankincense; Olibanum Tree; Weihrauchbaum (Ger.); Weihrauchpflanze (Ger.); arbol del incensio (Sp.); Oliban (Sp.) 1 0
Calamintha nepeta Turkish Calamint 1 11
Carica papaya Papaya 1 0
Carthamus tinctorius Safflower 1 0.03999999910593033