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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Degranulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deliriant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Dentifrice	2	Martindale's 29th
Dermal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Binder	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ecbolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epileptigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	8	Duke, 1992 *
FLavor	22	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	16	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.