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Plant Callicarpa americana (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
American Beauty Berry; Beauty Berry; French Mulberry
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Leaf not available 0.6 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-P-MENTH-1,5-DIEN-8-OL 0 Leaf not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-P-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available 0.6 -0.90 Duke, 1992 *
CUBENOL 0 Leaf not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf 5.0 6.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
ENDOFENCHOL 0 Leaf not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPI-ALPHA-CADINOL 0 Leaf not available 7.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Leaf not available 3.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Leaf not available 8.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf not available 1.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
HEXANAL 5 Leaf 5.0 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE-EPOXIDE-II 0 Leaf not available 155.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KHUSINOL 0 Leaf not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf not available 4.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf not available 3.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENAL 5 Leaf not available 2.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL 2 Leaf not available 0.6 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXANOL 0 Leaf not available 3.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
N-NONANAL 5 Leaf not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
NOPINONE 0 Leaf not available 1.0 not available 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
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 10 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 4 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticholinesterase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic 2 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihistaminic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiinflammatory 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antilaryngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *