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
11-O-METHYL-(+,-)-MYRICANOL	0	Bark	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5,11,17-TRI-O-ACETYL-(+,-)-MYRICANOL	0	Bark	not available	160.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALUMINUM	5	Bark	33.0	151.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Bark	143.0	656.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Bark	13080.0	60000.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	not available	127000.0	0.14	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETULIN	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETULIN	13	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Bark	2442.0	11200.0	-0.71	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
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TOPO-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer	3	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal	2	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	2	Martindale's 29th
Tumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasodilator	8	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229