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
Antineoplastic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	2	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.
Antinitrosaminic	1	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiodontalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antionychyotic	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiotitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antipeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPGE2	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiproliferant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Duke, 1992 *