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

Common Names

Kava-Kava

How this plant is used

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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
HEXADECANOL	1	Root	not available	3600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
HYDROXYKAWAIN	0	Plant	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.
KAVALACTONES	0	Root	30000.0	200000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAWAIN	29	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAWAIN	29	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAWAIN	29	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	33800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAWAIN	29	Rhizome	9300.0	12000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAWAIN	29	Root	not available	306.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAWAIN	29	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAWAINIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
M-METHOXYCINNAMIC-ACID-PYRROLIDIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALTOSE	2	Root	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.
METHYLENE-DIOXY-3,4-CINNAMAOYLACETONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
METHYLENE-DIOXY-3,4-CINNAMAOYLKETONE	0	Root	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.
METHYSTICIN	18	Leaf	not available	7100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYSTICIN	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYSTICIN	18	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	22200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYSTICIN	18	Rhizome	12000.0	13400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYSTICIN	18	Root	not available	140.0	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
Antiketotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antileukemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimycotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinauseant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinesidioblastosic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antinociceptive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiotitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant	5	Merck 11th Edition
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	1	Duke, 1992 *