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
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ascaricide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	12	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	5	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Candidistat	3	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic?	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.