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
Antimutagenic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antimyocarditic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antineoplastic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinitrosaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	2	Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antiobesity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antionychyotic	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant	11	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	4	Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21