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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Pistacia lentiscus (Anacardiaceae)

Common Names
Mastic; Chios Mastictree; Mastictree; Mastixbaum (Ger.); Lentisco (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
AUCUBIN 20 Seed CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant *
CHOLINE 20 Seed CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EO 0 Leaf 10000.0 30000.0 1.62 *
FAT 0 Seed 130000.0 312000.0 0.25 *
ISOMASTIC-ACID 0 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LINALOOL 53 Plant *
LUPEOL 21 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MASTICHIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
MASTICIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
MYRCENE 22 Plant *
MYRICETIN 34 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Plant *
PLANTEASE 0 Seed 0.0 220.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROCYANADIN 0 Shoot *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 72000.0 87000.0 -1.31 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Coleoptophile 1 *
Collagenic 1 *
COMP-Inhibitor 1 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
Copper-Chelator 2 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 3 *
Culicide 1 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 4 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytotoxic 4 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
Diuretic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Elastase-Inhibitor 1 *
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Estrogenic 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Expectorant 2 Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp.
FLavor 4 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
FPTase-Inhibitor 1 *