Plant Schinus molle (Anacardiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

California Peppertree; Mastic-Tree; Peruvian Peppertree

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
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	not available	190000.0	1.12	Duke, 1992 *
ISOMASTICADIENONALIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOMASTICADIENONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-PHELLANDRENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCODELPHINIDIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEPERIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PERILLALDEHYDE	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	75000.0	85000.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOBREROL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SYLVESTRINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Bark	not available	230000.0	0.78	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
Fungicide	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Gastroprotective	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathione-Depleting	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	5	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	2	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	2	Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hyperglycemic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic	3	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypothermic	1	Duke, 1992 *