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
1(5),6-GUAIADIENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2-DIAPHENLYETHANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2-DIPHENYLETHANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
20-R-24-XI-2-OCOTILLONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
20-R-HYDROXYDAMMARENONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
20-S-DAMMARENDOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
20-S-HYDROXYDAMMARENONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-OXO-6-BETA-HYDROXYOLEAN-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-HYDROXY-3-OXYOLEAN-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BOURBONENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CALACORENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	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
Antitumor	10	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antitumor (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	2	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	3	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiurease	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	9	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antiyeast	2	Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *