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Plant Schinus molle (Anacardiaceae)

Common Names
California Peppertree; Mastic-Tree; Peruvian Peppertree
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
3-EPIMASTICADIENOLALIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit not available 54700.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SPATHULENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE 19 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Flower not available 21000.0 0.28 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit 33500.0 52000.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf 2000.0 10000.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-PHENOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 77000.0 124000.0 0.31 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit not available 155000.0 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
FISETIN 15 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 11 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiischemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiketotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimelanogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMRSA 1 Duke, 1992 *