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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
MYRTENOL 2 Leaf 32.0 110.0 0.50 *
N-METHYL-LAUROTETANINE 0 Leaf Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
N-METHYL-LAUROTETANINE 0 Plant *
NEROL 10 Leaf 0.0 12.0 -0.26 *
NORISOCORYDINE 1 Leaf *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf 1380.0 8580.0 6.73 *
P-CYMOL 0 Leaf 6000.0 7500.0 2.38 *
PACHYCARPINE 2 Plant *
PEUMOSIDE 0 Leaf *
PRONUCIFERINE 3 Bark *
RESIN 0 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RESIN 0 Plant *
RETICULINE 10 Plant *
RHAMNETIN-3-ARABINOSIDE-3'-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SABINENE 5 Leaf 1.6 200.0 -0.13 *
SABINYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 380.0 1285.0 1.73 *
SABINYL-KETONE 0 Leaf 70.0 235.0 *
SINOACUTINE 1 Bark *
SPARTEINE 21 Leaf CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TANNIN 35 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cataleptic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cathartic 1 *
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 3 *
Choleretic 3 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cholinergic 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cicatrizant 1 *
CNS-Depressant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 5 *
Coleoptophile 1 *
Convulsant 4 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.
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 5 Martindale's 28th
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Culicide 2 *
Curaroid 2 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *