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Plant Abies balsamea (Pinaceae)

Common Names
Balsam Fir
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-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 *
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
Hypocholesterolemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypolipemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 2 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Irritant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 1 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Nematicide 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.