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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Copaifera spp (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Copaiba
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-16BETA-KAURAN-19-CARBONIC-ACID 0 Gum *
(-)-KAUR-16-EN-19-CARBONIC-ACID 0 Gum *
16BETA-KAURAN-19-CARBONIC-ACID 0 Gum *
7-HYDROXYHARDWICKIC-ACID 0 Gum *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Gum *
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Gum *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Wood *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Gum 9000.0 32400.0 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Plant *
ALPHA-MULTIJUGENOL 0 Gum *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Gum *
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Gum *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Gum *
BETA-BISABOLOL 0 Essential Oil *
BETA-COPAENE 0 Wood *
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Gum 2100.0 8100.0 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Gum 3900.0 14400.0 *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Gum *
BETA-HUMULENE 0 Gum *
BETA-METACOPAIBIC-ACID 0 Gum *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 *
Allergenic 1 *
Analgesic 1 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiacne 2 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antibacterial 3 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
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.
Antidermatitic 1 *
Antiedemic 2 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antifeedant 2 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Antigliomic 1 *
Antiinflammatory 2 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antileishmanic 1 *
Antimalarial 3 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antionychyotic 1 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiplasmodial 3 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antiproliferant 2 *
Antirhinoviral 2 Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.