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
FLavor	17	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	11	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemorrhagic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hepatoprotective	4	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 211.
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	6	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.
Histaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypnotic	1	Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990.
Hypoglycemic	2	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Hypolipemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	3	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Hypothermic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotriglyceridemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	3	Duke, 1992 *