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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf | 52.0 | 130.0 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 22000.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | Leaf | not available | 0.0 | -0.30 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| P-CYMEN-8-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMEN-8-OL | 0 | Leaf | 13.0 | 32.0 | 0.56 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Essential Oil | 2000.0 | 49600.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Leaf | 300.0 | 2855.0 | 1.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 21000.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 8430.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALUSTROL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPERITOL | 0 | Leaf | 7.0 | 18.0 | -1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| PIPERITONE | 7 | Leaf | 8.0 | 20.0 | -0.35 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| SABINENE | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Leaf | 12.0 | 30.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 491400.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPATHULENOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 1500.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-1-OL | 0 | Leaf | 40.0 | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Essential Oil | 6000.0 | 374000.0 | 3.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Herbicide | 8 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Histaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypocholesterolemic? | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypotensive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypothermic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Immunomodulator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inflammatory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insect-Repellent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 16 | Bowers, W.S., Ortego, F., You, X., and Evans, P.H. Insect Repellents From The Chinese Prickly Ash Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Journal of Natural Products, 56(6): 935-938, 1993. |
| Insectiphile | 2 | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Irritant | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvicide | 4 | Misra, L.N. and Singh, S.P. Alpha-Thujone, The Major Component Of The Essential Oil From Artemisia vulgaris Growing Wild In Nilgiri Hills. Journal of Natural Products, 49: 941, 1986. |
| Laxative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mosquitocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mosquitofuge | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Motor-Depressant | 2 | Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC |