Table 4.

Biological evaluation of extracts of species of Callicarpa

Species	Part Used	Biological Activity	Reference
C. acuminata H.B.K.	Leaves	Plant growth inhibition	[3]
C. americana L.	Freeze-dried leaves	Inactive against several viruses in plaque-inhibition assays	[85]
	Leaves	Insect oviposition deterrent	[83]
	Fresh leaf essential oil	Antialgal	[82]
	Fresh leaf essential oil	Mosquito bite deterrent	[11]
	Fruits, leaves, and twigs	Cytotoxic activity	[36]
C. arborea Roxb. var. oblongifolia	Aerial parts	Inactive against 9KB cells at 20 Rg/mL	[7]
		Diuretic	[7]
C. cana a	Fruits, leaves, and twigs	Fish poison	[74]
C. cana L. (C. erioclona )b	Bark	Antibacterial	[16]
C. formosana Rolfe	Leaves	Insect feeding deterrent	[86]
	Not stated	Monocyte antiproliferation	[44]
	Not stated	Inactive in antiproliferation and no effect on IL-1β and TNF-α levels	[45]
	Twigs	Insect feeding deterrent	[86]
C. furfuracea Ridl.	Bark	Antibacterial	[16]
C. fulvohirsuta Merr.	Bark	Antibacterial	[16]
C. havilandii H.J.Lam	Bark and leaves, separately	Antibacterial	[16]
C. japonica Thunb.	Aerial parts	Antiviral activity	[89]
	Entire plant	Insect feeding deterrent	[86]
	Leaves	Phytotoxic	[42]
C. lanata L.	Aerial parts	Inactive against 9KB cells at 20 μg/mL; LD50 >1000 mg/kg (i.p., mice)	[21]
C. longifolia Lam.	Leaves	Inactive against Staphylococcus aureus	[16]
C. macrophylla Vahl.	Aerial parts	Inactive against 9KB cells at 20 Rg/mL	[7]
	Leaves	Antibacterial	[73]
		Antifungal	[73]
C. pilosissima Maxim.	Dried entire plant	Inactive against Colon 38 tumor	[77]
		Weakly active against P388 tumor	[77]
		Inactive against melanoma-B16 tumor	[77]
		Inactive against 9KB cells	[77]
C. stapfii H.N. Moldenke	Bark and leaves, separately	Antibacterial	[16]

^aTaxonomic authority not stated in the cited publication.

^bThe botanical binomial in parentheses is listed as a synonym for the preceding species name listed in the “International Plant Names Index” online database.