Plant Picea mariana (Pinaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Black Spruce

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
BETULIN	13	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN	13	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
D-DELTA-3-CARENE	0	Twig	not available	230.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DL-CAMPHOR	0	Twig	not available	46.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DL-LIMONENE	0	Twig	not available	150.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Twig	not available	4610.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
L-ALPHA-PINENE	0	Twig	not available	737.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-BETA-PINENE	0	Twig	not available	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-BORNEOL	0	Twig	not available	46.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-BORNYL-ACETATE	0	Twig	not available	1705.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-CAMPHENE	0	Twig	not available	461.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-LIMONENE	2	Twig	not available	150.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Twig	not available	161.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SANTENE	0	Twig	not available	115.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Twig	not available	46.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TRICYCLENE	0	Twig	not available	46.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	1	Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	1	Recio, M., et al. 1994. Investigations on the Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Triterpenoids from Diospyros leucomelas*. Planta Medica, 61: 9.
Antimutagenic	1	Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Antinitrosaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	1	Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antioxidant	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antispasmodic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitumor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral	1	Duke, 1992 *