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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-4-ISO-PROPYL-1-METHYL-CYCLOHEX-1-EN-4-OL | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-CAR-4-ENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-CROTEPOXIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 23750.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-SABINENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-SESAMIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | 8000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-ZEYLENOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-5'-O-METHOXY-HINOKININ | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-CADINENE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-CLUSIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-CUBEBININ | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-CUBEBININOLIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-CUBEBINONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-DI-O-METHYL-THUJAPLICATIN METHYL ETHER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-DIHYDRO-CLUSIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-DIHYDRO-CUBEBIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-HINOKININ | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-ISOYATEIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-YATEIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,4-CINEOLE | 0 | Fruit | 300.0 | 1200.0 | 1.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 3000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatoregenerative | 3 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Hepatotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 2 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Hepatotropic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Herbicide | 5 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Histaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypothalmic-Depressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypothermic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Immunomodulator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inflammatory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 14 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insectiphile | 2 | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |