Common Names
California Peppertree; Mastic-Tree; Peruvian Peppertree
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Immunomodulator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Immunostimulant | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
Immunosuppressant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
iNOS-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Inotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Insecticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Insectifuge | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
Insectiphile | 1 | J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986. |
Insulin-Sparing | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Insulinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Irritant | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
JNK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Juvabional | 1 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
Larvicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Larvistat | 2 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
Laxative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |