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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Insect-Repellent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	9	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	15	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile	4	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Irritant	13	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	4	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Motor-Stimulant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Narcotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	11	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neurotoxic	3	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.