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Biological Activity Rodenticide

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
CALPURNINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COUMARIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DICOUMAROL not available Martindale's 28th
DICRESOL LD50=825 cut rat Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
HCN not available Martindale's 29th
L-HOMOARGININE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
M-CRESOL LD50=1,100 cut rat Duke, 1992 *
O-CRESOL LD 50=620 cut rat Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL LD50=1,100 cut rat Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL LD50=1,040 cut rat Duke, 1992 *
RESERPINE not available Martindale's 28th
SCILLIROSIDE 1-6 ppm Verbiscar, A., J. Patel, T. Banigan, and R. Schatz. 1986. Scilliroside and other scilla compounds in red squill. Jour. Agric. Food Chem. 34:977.
SCILLIROSIDIN 3-5 ppm scu mus Duke, 1992 *
STRYCHNINE not available Martindale's 28th
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Acacia farnesiana Cassie; Huisache; Sweet Acacia; Opopanax; Popinac 3 22.47499942779541
Acacia leucophloea Pilang Bast 1 0
Acacia senegal Gum Arabic; Gum Arabic Tree; Kher; Senegal Gum; Sudan Gum Arabic 1 0
Acacia tortilis Umbrella Thorn 1 0
Acalypha indica Cancer Herb; Indian Acalypha; Copperleaf; Indian Nettle; Three-Seeded-Mercury 1 13, 500
Achillea millefolium Yarrow; Milfoil 1 310
Acorus calamus Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot 1 0
Ageratum conyzoides Mexican ageratum 2 1, 040
Alisma plantago-aquatica Mud Plantain; Tse-Hsieh; Water Plantain; Ze-Xie 1 0
Alocasia macrorrhiza Giant Taro 1 0
Aloe vera Bitter Aloes; Aloe 1 0
Althaea officinalis Marshmallow; White Mallow 1 0
Ammi visnaga Visnaga 1 0
Annona muricata Soursop 1 0
Annona reticulata Custard Apple 1 0
Annona squamosa Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop 1 0
Apium graveolens Celery 1 0
Aquilegia vulgaris Columbine 1 0
Argyreia nervosa Silver Morning Glory; Wood Rose 1 0
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 1 0