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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Piper cubeba (Piperaceae)

Common Names
Cubeb; Cubeb Pepper
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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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
(+)-4-ISO-PROPYL-1-METHYL-CYCLOHEX-1-EN-4-OL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
(+)-CAR-4-ENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
(+)-CROTEPOXIDE 0 Fruit 23750.0 *
(+)-SABINENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
(+)-SESAMIN 0 Fruit 8000.0 *
(+)-ZEYLENOL 0 Fruit 3000.0 *
(-)-5'-O-METHOXY-HINOKININ 0 Fruit *
(-)-CADINENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
(-)-CLUSIN 0 Fruit *
(-)-CUBEBININ 0 Fruit *
(-)-CUBEBININOLIDE 0 Fruit *
(-)-CUBEBINONE 0 Fruit *
(-)-DI-O-METHYL-THUJAPLICATIN METHYL ETHER 0 Fruit *
(-)-DIHYDRO-CLUSIN 0 Fruit *
(-)-DIHYDRO-CUBEBIN 0 Fruit *
(-)-HINOKININ 0 Fruit *
(-)-ISOYATEIN 0 Fruit *
(-)-YATEIN 0 Fruit *
1,4-CINEOLE 0 Fruit 300.0 1200.0 1.38 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 3000.0 -1.00 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 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 1 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 3 *
Acaricide 5 *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Adrenergic 1 Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
AHH-Inhibitor 1 Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 7 *
Allelochemic 3 *
Allelopathic 2 *
Allergenic 9 *
Analeptic 1 Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Analgesic 6 Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Anesthetic 5 *
Anthelmintic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 7 *
Antiacne 5 *
Antiadenomic 1 *
Antiaflatoxin 1 *