Plant Pimenta racemosa (Myrtaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
(E)-ANETHOLE	0	Leaf	0.0	32.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-OCIMENE	0	Leaf	0.0	65.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
(E,E)-ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Leaf	0.0	36.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-OCIMENE	0	Leaf	0.0	16.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Leaf	0.0	680.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
1-OCTEN-3-OL	0	Leaf	100.0	440.0	3.15	Duke, 1992 *
1-OCTEN-3-YL-ACETATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-OCTANOL	2	Leaf	30.0	540.0	2.00	Duke, 1992 *
3-OCTANONE	0	Leaf	0.0	340.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-ONE	0	Leaf	0.0	48.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMORPHENE	0	Leaf	10.0	35.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-CADINOL	3	Leaf	0.0	36.0	1.78	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Leaf	0.0	70.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-CUBEBINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CYCLOCITRAL	0	Leaf	0.0	32.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Leaf	0.0	36.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antimange	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimite	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimutagenic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antineuralgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinitrosaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosating	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	2	Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antiobesity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antionychyotic	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antioxidant	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipyretic	1	Duke, 1992 *