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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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiulcer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 3 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Candidistat 2 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Carminative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant 2 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.