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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CADINA-1-9(15)-DIENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADINENE | 4 | Fruit Essent. Oil | 40000.0 | 140000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALAMENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALAMENENE | 0 | Fruit | 3700.0 | 7400.0 | 1.97 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Fruit | 3700.0 | 7400.0 | -0.18 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CESARONE | 0 | Fruit | 3700.0 | 4700.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CINEOL | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPAENE | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPAENE | 1 | Fruit | 10400.0 | 20800.0 | 1.41 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| COPAENE | 1 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 81000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUBEBIC-ACID | 1 | Fruit | 10000.0 | 17000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUBEBIN | 3 | Fruit | not available | 25000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUBEBINOLIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CUBEBOL | 0 | Fruit | 10000.0 | 20000.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CUBEBOL | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 309000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUBENOL | 0 | Fruit | 1750.0 | 3500.0 | 1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| D-DELTA-4-CARENE | 0 | Fruit | 300.0 | 1200.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| D-LIMONENE | 19 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Fruit | 8800.0 | 17600.0 | 2.24 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DILLAPIOLE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antidysmenorrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiedemic | 3 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antielleptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienzymatic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiesophagitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifatigue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifeedant | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 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. |
| Antiflu | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antigliomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglucuronidase | 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. |
| Antiglutamaergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihalitosic | 1 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihelicobacter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antiimplantation | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinflammatory | 9 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antilaryngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileishmanic | 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. |
| Antileukemic | 1 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |