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Common Names
Peru Balsam; Tolu Balsam
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| 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 * |