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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
HENEICOSANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEPTADECANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEXACOSANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEXADECANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEXANOL 3 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOEUGENOL 16 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LEDENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 140.0 6870.0 6.78 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Leaf 130.0 1020.0 0.16 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf 130.0 1080.0 0.10 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CHAVICOL 6 Leaf 30.0 12480.0 1.90 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Leaf 130.0 16770.0 1.72 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEPTENONE 0 Leaf 10.0 35.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MONOTERPENES 0 Leaf 2570.0 8740.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf 735.0 23800.0 8.42 Duke, 1992 *
NERAL 4 Leaf 0.0 11080.0 2.65 Duke, 1992 *
NERIC-ACID 0 Leaf 0.0 32.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROL 10 Leaf 0.0 110.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NONADECANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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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
Antiradicular 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 16 Merck 11th Edition
Antishock 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisinusitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 14 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
AntiTNF 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 8 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *