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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
(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
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Prooxidant 1 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
Rubefacient 1 Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 9 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Spasmogenic 5 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Surfactant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosterone-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 5 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 1 Duke, 1992 *