Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Myrica cerifera (Myricaceae)

Common Names
Bayberry, Wax Myrtle, Southern Bayberry, Candle-Berry
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
11-O-METHYL-(+,-)-MYRICANOL 0 Bark 40.0 *
5,11,17-TRI-O-ACETYL-(+,-)-MYRICANOL 0 Bark 160.0 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Fruit *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Leaf *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Root *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Stem *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALUMINUM 5 Bark 33.0 151.0 -0.20 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Bark 143.0 656.0 1.41 *
ASH 0 Bark 13080.0 60000.0 -0.58 *
ASH 0 Leaf 127000.0 0.14 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Fruit *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Leaf *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Stem *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Bark *
BETULIN 13 Fruit Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETULIN 13 Leaf *
BETULIN 13 Root Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETULIN 13 Stem *
CALCIUM 28 Bark 2442.0 11200.0 -0.71 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antipharyngitic 1 (View) *
Antiphotophobic 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 3 (View) Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS 4 (View) *
Antipneumonic 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiprolactin 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 2 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin 1 (View) *
Antiprostatitic 3 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiproteolytic 1 (View) *
Antipsoriac 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antipyruvetic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiradicular 4 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 (View) *