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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
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available not available not available Tramil
BORNEOL 35 Leaf not available not available not available Tramil
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Tramil
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 2570.0 14440.0 -0.27 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf not available not available not available Tramil
CAMPHOR 41 Leaf not available not available not available Tramil
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 82500.0 567000.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf not available not available not available Tramil
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Leaf not available not available not available Tramil
CEPHARADIONE-A 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CEPHARADIONE-B 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf not available not available not available Tramil
DELTA-ELEMENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Tramil
ELEMICINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Tramil
EO 0 Leaf 4700.0 5800.0 -0.50 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
EUGENOL 76 Leaf not available not available not available Tramil
FAT 0 Leaf 14000.0 79000.0 0.45 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Leaf 22000.0 124000.0 -0.46 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Tramil
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 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
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 15 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 4 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.