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
Antihyperlipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	9	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.
Antiischemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiklebsiellic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilactobacillic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphedemic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimalarial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimitotic	3	Pandeya, S.N. 1970. Biological Activity of Adamantyl Derivatives. The Indian Journal of Pharmacy, 33: 7.
Antimononuccleotic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimutagenic	8	HerbalGram No. 24, page 40.
Antimycoplasmotic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.