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

Plant 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
Antiaggregant 1 (View) Janssens, J., Laekeman, G.M., Pieters, L.A.C., Totte, J., Herman, A.G., and Vlietinck, A.J. 1990. Nutmeg Oil: Identification and Quantitation of its Most Active Constituents as Inhibitors of Platelet Aggregation. J.of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 179-188, 1990.
Antiallergenic 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 3 (View) J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialzheimeran? 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 3 (View) *
Antibacillary 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 17 (View) Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic 1 (View) *
Anticancer 3 (View) *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 (View) Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Gastric) 1 (View) *
Anticariogenic 6 (View) 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.
Anticatarrh 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Anticholinesterase 1 (View) *
Anticlastogen 1 (View) *
Anticolic 1 (View) *
Anticonvulsant 5 (View) *
Antidermatitic 1 (View) *