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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
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROBENZOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROMANDELIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BENZOATE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL 17 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL 17 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYHOPANONE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-CADINOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CINNAMATE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL 11 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PERURESINOTANNOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PERUVIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Respirodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Rodenticide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Scabicide 1 Merck 11th Edition
Sedative 10 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Spasmogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sprout-Inhibitor 1 Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Sunscreen 1 Chemical Marketing Reporter; a weekly tabloid, 9/10/92.
Teratogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Ulcerogenic 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Uricosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *