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Plant Impatiens balsamina (Balsaminaceae)

Common Names
Garden balsam
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
2-METHOXY-1,4-NAPTHOQUINONE 3 Pericarp not available 2300.0 not available Ishiguro, K., Ohira, Y., and Oku, H. 1998. Antipruritic Dinapthofuran-7,12-dione Derivatives from the Pericarp of Impatiens balsamina. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1126-1129.
BALSAMINONE-A 1 Pericarp not available 50.0 not available Ishiguro, K., Ohira, Y., and Oku, H. 1998. Antipruritic Dinapthofuran-7,12-dione Derivatives from the Pericarp of Impatiens balsamina. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1126-1129.
BALSAMINONE-B 1 Pericarp not available 10.0 not available Ishiguro, K., Ohira, Y., and Oku, H. 1998. Antipruritic Dinapthofuran-7,12-dione Derivatives from the Pericarp of Impatiens balsamina. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1126-1129.
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
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Antipruritic 3 Ishiguro, K., Ohira, Y., and Oku, H. 1998. Antipruritic Dinapthofuran-7,12-dione Derivatives from the Pericarp of Impatiens balsamina. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1126-1129.
Pesticide 1 Duke, 1992 *