Common Names
Benjamin Bush; Spicebush; Wild Allspice; Fieberstrauch (Ger.)
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 4.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
(E)-BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 12.0 | 1.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Fruit | 36.0 | 50.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
(E)-NEROLIDOL | 0 | Leaf | 10.0 | 28.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
(E)-NEROLIDOL | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | 100000.0 | not available | Tucker, A. O. and Debaggio, T. 2000. The Big Book of Herbs. Interweave Press, Inc. Loveland, CO. 688 pp. |
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Fruit | 55.0 | 75.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
(Z)-HEXENYL-BENZOATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 0.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
1,6-GERMACRIENE-5-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | 12.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Shoot Essent. Oil | 100000.0 | 160000.0 | not available | Tucker, A. O. and Debaggio, T. 2000. The Big Book of Herbs. Interweave Press, Inc. Loveland, CO. 688 pp. |
1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Twig | 315.0 | 320.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE | 0 | Leaf | 4.0 | 90.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
6-METHYL-5-HEPTEN-2-ONE | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | 110000.0 | 160000.0 | not available | Tucker, A. O. and Debaggio, T. 2000. The Big Book of Herbs. Interweave Press, Inc. Loveland, CO. 688 pp. |
ALPHA-AMORPHENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 1.0 | -1.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-CURCUMENE | 3 | Leaf | not available | 0.2 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Leaf | not available | 4.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Fruit | 2300.0 | 3135.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Leaf | not available | 0.1 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Fruit | 125.0 | 190.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Leaf | not available | 2.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Twig | 35.0 | 43.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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(-)-Chronotropic | 2 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
(-)-Inotropic | 2 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
Abortifacient | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Absorbent | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Acaricide | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
ACE-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
AChE-Inhibitor | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Allelochemic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Allelopathic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Allergenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Analgesic | 3 | Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991. |
Anesthetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anthelmintic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antiacetylcholine | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
Antiacetylcholinesterase | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiacne | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiallergic | 2 | J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. |
Antialzheimeran? | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |