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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
GUAIAZULENE 6 Leaf 0.0 2640.0 1.00 *
GUM 0 Plant *
ISOBOLDINE 5 Leaf Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ISOCORYDINE 5 Leaf *
ISOCORYDINE-N-OXIDE 0 Leaf Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ISOQUINOLINES 0 Leaf 2500.0 5000.0 *
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Plant *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-ALPHA-L-ARABINOPYRANOSIDE-7-ALPHA-L-RHAMN0... 0 Plant *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE-7-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ISORHAMNETIN-DIRHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCOSIDE-7-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LAUROLITSINE 0 Leaf *
LAUROTETANINE 2 Leaf Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
LEDOL 0 Leaf 27.0 95.0 0.49 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 6.0 400.0 -0.03 *
LINALOL 0 Leaf 3400.0 4300.0 2.10 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf 0.0 4300.0 2.33 *
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Leaf 0.0 125.0 -0.79 *
MYRTENAL 5 Flower *
MYRTENAL 5 Leaf 0.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Neuroleptic 1 *
Neurotoxic 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
NO-Genic 1 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 *
Occuloirritant 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 *
Ovicide 1 *
Oxytocic 2 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 3 *
P450-Inducer 2 *
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Pediculicide 2 Martindale's 29th
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 19 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 39 *
Phagocytotic 1 Planta Medica, 56(6): 671, 1990.
Pheromonal 1 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.