Common Names
Bayberry; Wax Myrtle; Southern Bayberry; Candle-Berry
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Antianxiety | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antiarrhythmic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiarteriosclerotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antiarthritic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiasthmatic | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antiatherosclerotic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antibacterial | 11 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antibronchitic | 1 | Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991. |
Anticancer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Anticarcinomic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticariogenic | 2 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Anticataract | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |