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Biological Activity Rodenticide

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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
Cinnamomum verum Cinnamon; Ceylon Cinnamon 2 0
Citrus aurantium Petitgrain; Bitter Orange 2 0
Coffea arabica Coffee 3 0
Commiphora myrrha Myrrh; African Myrrh; Herabol Myrrh; Somali Myrrh; Myrrhe (Fr., Ger.); Mirra (Sp. It.) 1 0
Corchorus olitorius Jew's Mallow; Mulukiya; Nalta Jute 1 0
Crescentia alata Jicaro 1 0
Cymbopogon citratus West Indian Lemongrass; Lemongrass 1 0
Daucus carota Carrot 2 0
Dipteryx odorata Tonka Bean; Dutch Tonka Bean 1 70, 000
Duranta repens Golden Dewdrop 1 0
Elaeis guineensis African Oil Palm 1 0
Elsholtzia nipponica Hsiang Ju 1 0
Ephedra sinica Ma Huang; Chinese Ephedra 1 2
Eschscholzia californica California Poppy 1 0
Eucalyptus cladocalyx not available 1 5, 000
Eucalyptus corynocalyx not available 1 1, 790
Eucalyptus viminalis not available 1 0
Eupatorium triplinerve Triplinerved eupatorium 1 150
Euphorbia hirta Queensland Asthma Herb 1 0
Fagopyrum esculentum Buckwheat 1 7