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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Peumus boldus (Monimiaceae)

Common Names
Boldo
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(R)-COCLAURINE 0 Bark *
(S)-COCLAURINE 0 Bark *
1,4-CINEOLE 0 Leaf 80.0 275.0 1.00 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 3220.0 40000.0 4.61 *
1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPENYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf 60.0 75.0 -1.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
2-DECANONE 0 Leaf 1.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
2-HEPTANONE 0 Leaf 5.0 18.0 *
2-HEPTAONE 0 Leaf *
2-NONANOL 0 Leaf *
2-NONANONE 2 Leaf 6.0 100.0 1.00 *
2-OCTANONE 0 Leaf CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
2-TRIDECANONE 3 Plant *
2-UNDECANONE 4 Plant *
3-CARENE 0 Leaf 22.0 75.0 *
4-TERPINENYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 3.0 9.0 -0.62 *
6-ALPHA-7-DEHYDROBOLDINE 0 Bark *
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf 2500.0 7000.0 -0.14 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ALKALOIDS 0 Ay 2500.0 7000.0 *
ALPHA-3-CARENE 0 Leaf 100.0 125.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALPHA-FENCHENE 0 Leaf 26.0 1.36 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiallergic 4 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialzheimeran 1 *
Antialzheimeran? 4 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 1 *
Antiandrogenic 1 Planta Medica, 56(6): 671, 1990.
Antiarachidonate 1 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 *
Antiarthritic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiasthmatic 3 *
Antiatherosclerotic 2 *
Antibacillary 1 *
Antibacterial 23 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic 2 *
Antibrucellosic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticancer 4 *
Anticancer (Kidney) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Pancreas) 2 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticarcinomic (Colon) 1 *
Anticarcinomic (Lung) 1 *