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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
OCIMENE 2 Leaf 100.0 340.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
P-CYMEN-8-OL 0 Leaf 0.0 18.0 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf 16.0 750.0 0.22 Duke, 1992 *
PENTACOSANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
PENTADECANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SABINENE 5 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf 0.0 215.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-YL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINOLINE 0 Leaf 0.0 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRACOSANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TETRADECANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TETROCOSANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THUJONE 17 Leaf 0.0 16.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-3-HEXENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Leaf 0.0 18.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Leaf 210.0 715.0 1.55 Duke, 1992 *
TRICOSANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRIDECANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
VERBENOL 0 Leaf 0.0 16.0 -1.00 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
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.