Plant Piper cubeba (Piperaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cubeb; Cubeb Pepper

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-4-ISO-PROPYL-1-METHYL-CYCLOHEX-1-EN-4-OL	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CAR-4-ENE	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CROTEPOXIDE	Fruit	not available	23750.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-SABINENE	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-SESAMIN	Fruit	not available	8000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ZEYLENOL	Fruit	not available	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-5'-O-METHOXY-HINOKININ	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CADINENE	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CLUSIN	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CUBEBININ	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CUBEBININOLIDE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CUBEBINONE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-DI-O-METHYL-THUJAPLICATIN METHYL ETHER	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-DIHYDRO-CLUSIN	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-DIHYDRO-CUBEBIN	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-HINOKININ	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ISOYATEIN	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-YATEIN	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-CINEOLE	Fruit	300.0	1200.0	1.38	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	3000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *

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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
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	4	Abstract (See species file)
P450-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide	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.
Pediculicide	2	Merck 11th Edition
Perfume	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery	20	Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic	2	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.
Pesticide	26	Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Prooxidant	1	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
Psychoactive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Respirostimulant	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.
Rubefacient	1	Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue	2	Duke, 1992 *
Secretolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Sedative	9	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotoninergic	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.
Spasmogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Spermigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *