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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Schinus molle (Anacardiaceae)

Common Names
California Peppertree, Mastic-Tree, Peruvian Peppertree
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
3-EPIMASTICADIENOLALIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit *
ASH 0 Fruit 54700.0 -0.05 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Fruit *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf *
BETA-SPATHULENE 0 Plant *
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit *
CARVACROL 37 Fruit *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Fruit *
D-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Fruit *
D-LIMONENE 19 Fruit *
EO 0 Flower 21000.0 0.28 *
EO 0 Fruit 33500.0 52000.0 0.19 *
EO 0 Leaf 2000.0 10000.0 -0.14 *
ETHYL-PHENOL 0 Fruit *
FAT 0 Fruit 77000.0 124000.0 0.31 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 155000.0 0.13 *
FISETIN 15 Bark *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Bark *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 2 (View) *
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiallergenic 2 (View) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 2 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) *
Antialzheimeran? 1 (View) L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Antianaphylactic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 2 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 407.
Antiarthritic 1 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 4 (View) Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antiatherosclerotic 2 (View) *
Antibacterial 12 (View) *
Antibronchitic 1 (View) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer 3 (View) *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 (View) *