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
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 *

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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
Antidermatitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidrepanocytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysmenorrheic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic	4	Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antienterococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesherichic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiestrogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant	4	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Antifertility	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigenotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigliomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiherpetic	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	2	Duke, 1992 *