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Plant Piper methysticum (Piperaceae)

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Common name(s)
Kava-Kava
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (+)-5-6-7-8-TETRAHYDROYANGONIN Rhizome -- 3.0 -- *
0 11,12-DIMETHOXYDIHYDROKAWAIN Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 11,12-DIMETHOXYDIHYDROKAWAIN Plant -- -- -- *
0 11,12-DIMETHOXYDIHYDROKAWAIN Root -- 22.0 -- *
0 11-HYDROXY-12-METHOXYDIHYDROKAWAIN Plant -- -- -- *
0 11-HYDROXY-12-METHOXYDIHYDROKAWAIN Root -- 9.0 -- *
0 11-HYDROXY-YANGONIN Root -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
0 11-METHOXY-12-HYDROXY-DEHYDROKAWAIN Root -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
0 11-METHOXYNORYANGONIN Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 11-METHOXYNORYANGONIN Plant -- -- -- *
0 11-METHOXYYANGONIN Plant -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 11-METHOXYYANGONIN Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 2',4'-DIMETHYLCHALCONARINGENIN Plant -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 2-METHOXYCINNAMIC-ACID-PYRROLIDIDE Rhizome -- -- -- Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
0 3,4-(METHYLENE-DIOXY)CINNAMYLIDENACETOL Plant -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
3 3,4-METHYLENE-DIOXYCINNAMIC-ACID-BORNYL-ESTER Root -- 30.0 -- *
0 3-4-METHYLENEDIOXY-CINNAMYLIDENEACETONE Resin, Exudate, Sap -- 25450.0 -- *
0 4-OXO-N-NANANOIC-ACID Rhizome -- -- -- Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
0 5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROYANGONIN Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
0 5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROYANGONIN Rhizome -- -- -- *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.