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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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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 *
Antinitrosaminic 1 *
Antinitrosating 1 *
Antinociceptive 2 *
Antiobesity 2 *
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 11 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 2 *
Antipeptic 2 *
Antiperiodontic 1 *
Antiperoxidant 1 *
Antipharyngitic 1 *
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 *
Antiproliferant 1 *