Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Abies balsamea (Pinaceae)

Common Names
Balsam Fir
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
4,4-DIMETHYLCYCLOHEPT-2-EN-1-OL 0 Plant *
ABIENOL 0 Plant *
ABIESLACTONE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Plant *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 545.0 5050.0 3.09 *
ANDROL 0 Plant *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Gum *
BETULIN 13 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Twig Jim Duke's personal files.
BORNYL-ACETATE 12 Plant 950.0 2045.0 0.84 *
BUPLEUROL 0 Plant *
CAMPHENE 9 Plant 440.0 950.0 1.02 *
DEHYDROJUVABIONE 0 Plant *
EO 0 Leaf 6500.0 14000.0 0.22 *
JUVABIONE 2 Plant *
LIMONENE 60 Plant 720.0 1550.0 0.47 *
MUCILAGE 3 Plant *
RESIN 0 Gum *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 (View) 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 (View) 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 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Allelochemic 2 (View) *
Allelopathic 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 (View) *
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) *
Antialzheimeran? 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiasthmatic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 4 (View) Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Anticancer 1 (View) *
Anticarcinomic 1 (View) *
Antiesophagitic 1 (View) *
Antifeedant 4 (View) *
Antiflu 3 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
AntiHIV 1 (View) *
Antiinflammatory 3 (View) *