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
Immunosuppressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	5	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Insectifuge	8	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge?	1	Martindale's 28th
Insectiphile	1	J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Irritant	10	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Juvabional	3	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Leucocytogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Lymphocytogenic	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.
Lymphokinetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	1	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Monoaminergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	2	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC