Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Piper auritum (Piperaceae)

Common Names
Cordoncillo, Hierba Santa, Hoja Santa
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf Tramil
ACADINE-1,4-DIENE 0 Leaf Tramil
ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Tramil
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Leaf Tramil
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Leaf Tramil
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf Tramil
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf Tramil
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf Tramil
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf Tramil
APORPHINES 0 Plant Tramil
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 490.0 3370.0 -0.13 *
ASH 0 Leaf 24000.0 135000.0 0.28 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AURANTIAMIDE-I 0 Leaf Tramil
AURANTIAMIDE-II 0 Leaf Tramil
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Leaf Tramil
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Leaf Tramil
BETA-BOURBONINE 0 Leaf Tramil
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 34.0 193.0 -0.30 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf Tramil
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Tramil
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 2 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acaricide 6 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
Allelochemic 4 (View) *
Allelopathic 3 (View) *
Allergenic 12 (View) *
Amphetaminagenic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 8 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 7 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.