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Plant Bursera delpechiana (Burseraceae)

Common Names
Lignaloe; Linaloe
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
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Wood 2125.0 10200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-2-VINYL-5-ACETOXYTETRAHYDROPYRAN 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Wood 25000.0 120000.0 2.32 Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Wood 250.0 1200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Wood 875.0 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Wood 75.0 360.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Wood 7500.0 84000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL-MONOXIDE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL-OXIDE-FURANOID 0 Wood 250.0 1200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Wood 10200.0 56400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEPTENOL 0 Wood 375.0 1800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEPTENONE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Wood 75.0 360.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROL 10 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Wood 625.0 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-2-VINYL-5-ACETOXYTHTRAHYDROPYRAN 0 Plant 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
Acaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 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.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 1 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 4 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Anesthetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
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 5 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Anticancer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 2 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticonvulsant 1 Duke, 1992 *