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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Virola surinamensis (Myristicaceae)

Common Names
Ucahuba; Ucuuba
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
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Seed 4200.0 4760.0 -0.31 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DECANOIC-ACID 3 Seed 4200.0 4760.0 -1.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ELEMICINE 0 Leaf Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
FAT 0 Seed 600000.0 680000.0 2.18 *
GALBACINE 2 Leaf Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed 78000.0 115000.0 0.52 *
LAURODIMYRISTIN 0 Seed Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 30600.0 34680.0 -0.62 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 418200.0 496000.0 6.20 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 46200.0 52360.0 -0.55 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 18000.0 29900.0 -0.08 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SURINAMENSINE 1 Leaf Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
TRIMYRISTIN 0 Seed Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
VERAGUENSINE 0 Leaf Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
VIROLINE 1 Leaf Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Irritant 2 *
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Nematicide 4 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 45: 270.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 4 *
Propecic 3 *
Schistosomicide 3 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.