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

Plant Pimenta racemosa (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Bayrum Tree, West Indian Bay
How this plant is used
Food

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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
(E)-ANETHOLE 0 Leaf 0.0 32.0 1.00 *
(E)-OCIMENE 0 Leaf 0.0 65.0 -0.53 *
(E,E)-ALPHA-FARNESENE 0 Leaf 0.0 36.0 *
(Z)-OCIMENE 0 Leaf 0.0 16.0 1.41 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 0.0 680.0 -0.44 *
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Leaf 100.0 440.0 3.15 *
1-OCTEN-3-YL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2,3-DEHYDRO-1,8-CINEOLE 0 Leaf 0.0 16.0 *
3-OCTANOL 2 Leaf 30.0 540.0 2.00 *
3-OCTANONE 0 Leaf 0.0 340.0 1.00 *
6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-ONE 0 Leaf 0.0 48.0 1.00 *
ALPHA-AMORPHENE 0 Leaf 10.0 35.0 -0.19 *
ALPHA-CADINENE 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Leaf 0.0 36.0 1.78 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Leaf 0.0 70.0 0.06 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-CUBEBINE 0 Leaf *
ALPHA-CYCLOCITRAL 0 Leaf 0.0 32.0 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Leaf 0.0 36.0 -0.41 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 (View) 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 1 (View) 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 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Acaricide 6 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Allelochemic 2 (View) *
Allelopathic 4 (View) *
Allergenic 12 (View) *
Analgesic 6 (View) *
Anesthetic 5 (View) *
Anthelmintic 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 6 (View) *
Antiacne 6 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiadenomic 1 (View) *
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 3 (View) Laekeman, G.M., Van Hoof, L., Haemers, A., Vanden Berghe, D.A., Herman, A.G., and Vlietinck, A.J. Eugenol a Valuable Compound for In Vitro Experimental Research and Worthwhile for Further In Vivo Investigation. Phytotherapy Research 4(3): 93, 1990.
Antiallergenic 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 4 (View) J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.