Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Picea mariana (Pinaceae)

Common Names
Black Spruce
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
BETULIN 13 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Twig Jim Duke's personal files.
D-DELTA-3-CARENE 0 Twig 230.0 *
DL-CAMPHOR 0 Twig 46.0 *
DL-LIMONENE 0 Twig 150.0 *
EO 0 Twig 4610.0 -0.15 *
L-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Twig 737.0 *
L-BETA-PINENE 0 Twig 300.0 *
L-BORNEOL 0 Twig 46.0 *
L-BORNYL-ACETATE 0 Twig 1705.0 *
L-CAMPHENE 0 Twig 461.0 *
L-LIMONENE 2 Twig 150.0 *
MYRCENE 22 Twig 161.0 1.00 *
SANTENE 0 Twig 115.0 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Twig 46.0 1.00 *
TRICYCLENE 0 Twig 46.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Antibacterial 1 (View) *
Anticarcinomic 1 (View) *
Anticonvulsant 1 (View) *
Antifeedant 2 (View) *
Antiflu 1 (View) *
AntiHIV 1 (View) *
Antiinflammatory 1 (View) Recio, M., et al. 1994. Investigations on the Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Triterpenoids from Diospyros leucomelas*. Planta Medica, 61: 9.
Antimutagenic 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Antinociceptive 1 (View) 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 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Antispasmodic 1 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitumor 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 1 (View) *