Plant Abies balsamea (Pinaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Balsam Fir

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
3-CARENE	0	Plant	720.0	1550.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4,4-DIMETHYLCYCLOHEPT-2-EN-1-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABIENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABIESLACTONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	545.0	5050.0	3.09	Duke, 1992 *
ANDROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN	13	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN	13	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Plant	950.0	2045.0	0.84	Duke, 1992 *
BUPLEUROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Plant	440.0	950.0	1.02	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROJUVABIONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	6500.0	14000.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
JUVABIONE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Plant	720.0	1550.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	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
(-)-Chronotropic	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Allelochemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1	Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran?	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiasthmatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	4	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
AntiHIV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	3	Duke, 1992 *