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	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.

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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
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	6	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Aryl-Hydrocarbon-Hydroxylase-Inhibitor	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.
ATPase-Stimulant	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.
Barbituate-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	6	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Candidistat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	3	Merck 11th Edition
Cardiodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	4	Duke, 1992 *
Catecholaminogenic	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.