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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.
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
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf 0.0 950.0 0.36 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 0.0 950.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 0.0 415.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf 0.0 110.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CEDRENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-COPAENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf 230.0 780.0 1.40 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 1.0 35.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
CALACORENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CALAMENENE 0 Leaf 0.0 36.0 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR 41 Leaf 0.0 240.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf 90.0 305.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Leaf 0.0 18.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
CHAVICOL 3 Leaf 0.0 8580.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHENONE 2 Leaf 0.0 255.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiemetic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiflu 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihelicobacter 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiinflammatory 11 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilaryngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antilithic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 2 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.