Plant Myrica cerifera (Myricaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bayberry; Wax Myrtle; Southern Bayberry; Candle-Berry

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
NIACIN	39	Bark	6.0	28.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHENOL	26	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Bark	427.0	1960.0	-0.87	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Bark	13516.0	62000.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	not available	108000.0	-1.04	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN	0	Seed	not available	49000.0	-1.64	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RESIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Bark	1.0	3.4	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Bark	166.0	760.0	0.54	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Bark	13080.0	60000.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SUGARS	0	Bark	19620.0	90000.0	0.96	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIC-ACID	41	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
TANNINS	0	Bark	not available	39000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXEROL	2	Bark	not available	400.0	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
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
AntiAGE	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	4	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialkali?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic	2	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran?	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianacarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiandrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.