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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Fruit 700.0 1400.0 -0.34 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1-4-CINEOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
1-ISOPROPYL-4-METHYLENE-7-METHYL-1,2,3,6,7,8,9-HEPTAHYDRO... 0 Plant *
10-(ALPHA)-CADINOL 0 Fruit 1000.0 2000.0 1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZALDEHYDE 0 Fruit *
3(R)-3'-4'-DIMETHOXY-BENZYL-2(R)-3'-4'-METHYLENEDIOXY-BENZYL-BUTYROLACTONE 0 Fruit *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Fruit 4200.0 8400.0 1.72 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 50000.0 -1.00 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Fruit 7100.0 14200.0 0.39 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 51000.0 1.00 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Fruit 1200.0 2400.0 1.95 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-O-ETHYL-CUBEBIN 0 Fruit *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Plant *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit 1100.0 2200.0 -0.14 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit Essent. Oil 3000.0 130000.0 0.87 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Fruit Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Detoxicant 1 *
Diaphoretic 2 *
Differentiator 1 *
Diuretic 1 Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp.
DNA-Binder 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Edemagenic 1 *
Emetic 2 *
Emmenagogue 2 *
Endorphinogenic 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.
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epinephrininergic 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.
Expectorant 7 *
FLavor 18 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 9 *
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 1 *
GABA-nergic 1 *
Gastroprotective 2 *
Gram(+)icide 1 *
Gram(-)icide 1 *