Common Names
Peru Balsam; Tolu Balsam
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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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 * |