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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-FENCHOL 0 Leaf 34.0 120.0 *
ALPHA-HEXYLCINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Leaf 80.0 100.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALPHA-METHYLIONONE 0 Leaf 80.0 100.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf 0.0 12.0 -0.31 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 1.0 1000.0 -0.16 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 3.0 12.0 -0.31 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 22.0 225.0 -0.20 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf 5.0 18.0 -0.44 *
ALPHA-THUJONE 6 Leaf 0.0 4290.0 0.74 *
APORPHINES 0 Leaf 2500.0 5000.0 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
ASCARIDOLE 15 Leaf 3220.0 12000.0 0.43 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Leaf 1.0 -0.47 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Leaf 80.0 100.0 -1.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-ISOMETHYLIONONE 0 Plant *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Leaf 1.6 6.0 -0.63 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 160.0 200.0 -0.13 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-TERPINEOL 3 Leaf 11.0 39.0 -0.91 *
BETA-THUJONE 5 Leaf 2145.0 0.13 *
BOLDIN 0 Plant *
BOLDINE 29 Leaf 0.0 1000.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticariogenic 6 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticholinesterase 3 *
Anticholinesterase? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 *
Anticolic 1 *
Anticonvulsant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticystinuric 1 *
Antidementia 1 *
Antidiabetic 2 *
Antidiarrheic 2 *
Antidiuretic 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92.
Antidopaminergic 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antidote (Strychnine) 1 *
Antidysenteric 2 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 *
Antiedemic 4 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiemetic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.