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Plant Peumus boldus (Monimiaceae)

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

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(R)-COCLAURINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(S)-COCLAURINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,4-CINEOLE 0 Leaf 80.0 275.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 3220.0 40000.0 4.61 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available 1.0 not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
2-HEPTANONE 0 Leaf 5.0 18.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HEPTAONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-NONANOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-NONANONE 2 Leaf 6.0 100.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
2-OCTANONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
2-TRIDECANONE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-UNDECANONE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-CARENE 0 Leaf 22.0 75.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-TERPINENYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 3.0 9.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-7-DEHYDROBOLDINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-3-CARENE 0 Leaf 100.0 125.0 not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALPHA-FENCHENE 0 Leaf not available 26.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimutagenic 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimycoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antinephritic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antineuralgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosating 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 11 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipeptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque 3 Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial 3 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antipneumonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *