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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
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf not available 7.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
PINOCARVONE 1 Leaf not available 2.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
TERPIN-4-OL 0 Leaf not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf not available 0.6 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ARBUSCULONE 0 Leaf not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SABINOL 0 Leaf not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VALENCENE 0 Leaf not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antileukemic 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antilithic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 2 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antimalarial 4 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimite 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinitrosaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiodontalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiotitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 4 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antipneumonic 1 Duke, 1992 *