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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.
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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.