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Plant Myroxylon balsamum (Flacourtiaceae)

Common Names
Peru Balsam; Tolu Balsam
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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
1(5),6-GUAIADIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2-DIAPHENLYETHANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2-DIPHENYLETHANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
20-R-24-XI-2-OCOTILLONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
20-R-HYDROXYDAMMARENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
20-S-DAMMARENDOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
20-S-HYDROXYDAMMARENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-OXO-6-BETA-HYDROXYOLEAN-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-HYDROXY-3-OXYOLEAN-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BOURBONENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CALACORENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 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
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antibrucellosic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticancer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Kidney) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Anticarcinomic (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 5 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.
Anticomplement 1 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.
Anticonvulsant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.