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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MYRCENE 22 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL 11 Fruit 3500.0 7000.0 1.70 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NEROLIDOL 11 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 36000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCIMENE 2 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.
OCIMENE 2 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERENOL A 0 Fruit not available 1500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERENOL B 0 Fruit not available 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERIDINE 10 Fruit 1400.0 2600.0 0.67 Duke, 1992 *
PIPERINE 61 Fruit 2000.0 4000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
RESINOIDS 0 Fruit 64000.0 85000.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RESINS 0 Fruit 30000.0 37000.0 -1.00 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
SABINENE 5 Fruit 4600.0 9200.0 2.35 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SABINENE 5 Fruit Essent. Oil 7000.0 470000.0 2.04 Duke, 1992 *
SABINOL 5 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SAFROLE 29 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINEOL 18 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 23000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-TERPINENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available 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
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.