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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
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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiinflammatory 15 *
Antikeratotic 1 *
Antilaryngitic 1 *
Antilepric 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antileprotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antileukemic 2 *
Antilipolytic 1 *
Antilithic 2 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphedemic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antilymphomic 2 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antimalarial 4 *
Antimange 1 *
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanomic 5 *
Antimetastatic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimite 1 *
Antimitotic 2 Pandeya, S.N. 1970. Biological Activity of Adamantyl Derivatives. The Indian Journal of Pharmacy, 33: 7.
Antimononuccleotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.