Plant Piper methysticum (Piperaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Kava-Kava

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
TETRACOSANOL	0	Root	not available	3200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECAN-1-OL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRAHYDROYANGONIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRAHYDROYANGONIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRAHYDROYANGONIN	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PHYTOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PHYTOL	0	Root	not available	10500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	not available	120000.0	-4.25	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
YANGOININ	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
YANGONIN	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
YANGONIN	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
YANGONIN	12	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	43300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
YANGONIN	12	Rhizome	6800.0	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
YANGONIN	12	Root	not available	280.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
YANGONIN	12	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
YANGONIN-I	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
YANGONIN-II	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
YANGONIN-III	0	Plant	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
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidiabetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Iodine)	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Strychnine)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiepileptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrillary	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antihangover	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antiischemic	2	Duke, 1992 *