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Plant Callicarpa americana (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
American Beauty Berry; Beauty Berry; French Mulberry
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(E)-2-HEXENAL 2 Leaf not available 50.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
(E)-BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)-BETA-DAMASCENONE 0 Leaf not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
(E,E)-2,4-HEPTADIENAL 0 Leaf not available 0.6 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-3-HEXENOL 0 Leaf not available 9.0 1.25 Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-3-HEXENOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf not available 1.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Leaf not available 95.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
2-HEXEN-1-OL 2 Leaf not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-OCTANOL 2 Leaf not available 0.6 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
3-OCTANONE 0 Leaf not available 1.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
4-KETOISOPHORONE 0 Leaf not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-EPI-ALPHA-EUDESMOL 0 Leaf not available 105.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-EPI-ALPHA-SELINENE 0 Leaf not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINENE 0 Leaf not available 0.6 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Leaf not available 25.0 0.87 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CALACORENE 0 Leaf not available 0.6 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CAMPHOLENAL 0 Leaf not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Leaf not available 2.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Leaf not available 110.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 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.
(-)-Inotropic 2 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.
Acaricide 6 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 3 Martindale's 28th
Anesthetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 2 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Duke, 1992 *