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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
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.