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Common Names
Cubeb; Cubeb Pepper
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Fruit | 1100.0 | 2200.0 | 1.44 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | 120000.0 | 130000.0 | 1.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIOLE | 20 | Fruit | 300.0 | 600.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ASARONE | 15 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ASCHANTIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AZULENE | 10 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Fruit | 1500.0 | 3000.0 | 1.60 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 20000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 34000.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Fruit | 11000.0 | 22000.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Fruit | 1200.0 | 2400.0 | 2.72 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 10000.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-O-ETHYL-CUBEBIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Fruit Essent. Oil | 120000.0 | 130000.0 | 1.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiaggregant | 1 | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiallergic | 3 | J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. |
| Antialzheimeran? | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 17 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Antibronchitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Anticancer (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 6 | 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 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticholinesterase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticlastogen | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidermatitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |