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Chemical ID
PIPERITONE
Ubiquitous
No
| Activity | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiasthmatic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLavor | FEMA 1-2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Herbicide | IC50=30 mM | 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. |
| Herbicide | IC50=75 uM | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Insectifuge | (> DEET) | 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. |
| Perfumery | not available | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acinos suaveolens | Shoot | not available | 1300.0 | 0.0 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Agathosma betulina | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angelica archangelica | Root | 0.0 | 3.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apium graveolens | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| Apium graveolens | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apium graveolens | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemisia salsoloides | Shoot | not available | 500.0 | -0.1 | V. Kaul, P. Weyerstahl, H. Wahlberg, H. Marschall, (1992); Volatile constituents of the essential oil and the absolute of Aremisia salsoloides Willd. from Ladakh,Flavour and Fragrance journal, Vol.7, 299-305. |
| Calamintha nepeta | Leaf | not available | 150.0 | -0.3 | Akgul, A., De Pooter, H.L., and De Buyck, L.F. 1991. The Essential Oils of Calamintha nepeta subsp. glandulosa and Ziziphora clinopodioides from Turkey. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 7-10. |
| Cinnamomum camphora | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cinnamomum verum | Plant | 7.0 | 28.0 | -0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cinnamomum verum | Leaf | not available | 14.0 | -0.3 | Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242. |
| Cinnamomum verum | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cinnamomum verum | Bark | 7.0 | 28.0 | not available | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| Cinnamomum verum | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cinnamomum verum | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cinnamomum verum | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Coleus barbatus | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Cuminum cyminum | Fruit | not available | 172.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cuminum cyminum | Seed | not available | 172.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Cymbopogon martinii | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |