Plant Myroxylon balsamum (Flacourtiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
BENZYL-BENZOATE	17	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-CINNAMATE	4	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-CINNAMATE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-FERULATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ISOFERULATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADALENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE	60	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMEIN	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-BENZOATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-CINNAMATE	1	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN	57	Seed	not available	4000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
D-CADINENE	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAMMARADIENONE	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
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.