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
Antisalmonella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antithrombotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antivaricose	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral	2	Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Antiyeast	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Atherogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	5	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.