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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.
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
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Leaf not available 2.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLOL 0 Leaf 5.0 6.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf not available 28.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Leaf 5.0 6.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf not available 0.6 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf not available 2.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf not available 1.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Leaf not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Leaf not available 0.6 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
BENZENE-ACETALDEHYDE 0 Leaf not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Leaf not available 2.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Leaf not available 3.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GURJENENE 0 Leaf not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf not available 100.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Leaf not available 25.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf not available 0.6 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
CADINA-1,4-DIENE 0 Leaf not available 0.6 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf not available 0.6 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Leaf not available 10.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CALAMENE 0 Leaf not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiproliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 12 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisinusitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 8 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 4 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive 1 Duke, 1992 *