Plant Piper auritum (Piperaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cordoncillo; Hierba Santa; Hoja Santa

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
ACADINE-1,4-DIENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
APORPHINES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	490.0	3370.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
AURANTIAMIDE-II	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
BETA-BOURBONINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
BETA-PINENE	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil

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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
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiTNF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	7	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Breast)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.