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Plant Myroxylon balsamum (Flacourtiaceae)

Common Names
Peru Balsam; Tolu Balsam
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
RESIN 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STYRENE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUMARESINOLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available 4000.0 -1.16 Duke, 1992 *
TOLURESINOTANNOL-CINNAMATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URS-12-EN-3-ON-28-AL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed not available 46000.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
WAX 0 Seed 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 *