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
HUMULENE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
IRON	6	Leaf	48.0	315.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	570.0	3200.0	0.29	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LIGNANS	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
LIMONENE	60	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
LINALOOL	53	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
MUUROLENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
MYRCENE	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
MYRISTICIN	31	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
N-HEXADECANE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
NIACIN	39	Leaf	9.0	100.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
PARACIMENENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
PARACIMENOL-8	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	490.0	2920.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
PIPEROCROMANOIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
PIPEROCROMENOIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
PIPEROIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	39000.0	219000.0	0.07	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	2.4	13.5	-0.11	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses

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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
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipharyngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).