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Boldo
Peumus boldus
Boldo · boldo · boldo-do-chile · boldopuu · boldovník liečivý · boldovník vonný · boldu (Chile) · Болдо · Пеумус больдо · 解醉茶
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Mexico, Turkey, Chile
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Anodyne, Antiseptic, Diuretic, Hepatotonic
Science studied: ALKALOIDS, BENZALDEHYDE, BENZYL-BENZOATE, BOLDIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Monimiaceae
Scientific name: Peumus boldus
Common names: Boldo, boldo, boldo-do-chile, boldopuu, boldovník liečivý, boldovník vonný, boldu (Chile), Болдо, Пеумус больдо, 解醉茶
History
The source record documents this plant in Mexico, Turkey, Chile.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Anodyne
- Antiseptic
- Diuretic
- Hepatotonic
- Liver
- Rheumatism
- Stimulant
- Stomach
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- Stomachic
- Tonic
- Sedative
- Vermifuge
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Mexico
- Turkey
- Chile
Documented cultural uses
- Anodyne
- Antiseptic
- Diuretic
- Hepatotonic
- Liver
- Rheumatism
- Stimulant
- Stomach
- Stomachic
- Tonic
- Sedative
- Vermifuge
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALKALOIDS
- BENZALDEHYDE
- BENZYL-BENZOATE
- BOLDIN
- BOLDOGLUCIN
- BORNYL-ACETATE
- ALPHA-3-CARENE
- COUMARIN
- P-CYMENE
- P-CYMOL
- EUGENOL
- FARNESOL
- GUM
- ISOBOLDINE
- ISOCORYDINE-N-OXIDE
- BETA-ISOMETHYLIONONE
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- KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCOSIDE-7-RHAMNOSIDE
- LAUROLITSINE
- LAUROTETANINE
- ALPHA-METHYLIONONE
- 1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPENYL-BENZENE
- NORISOCORYDINE
- PACHYCARPINE
- RESIN
- RETICULINE
- RHAMNETIN-3-ARABINOSIDE-3'-RHAMNOSIDE
- TANNINS
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- TERPINOLINE
- 2-UNDECANONE
- ISORHAMNETIN-3-ALPHA-L-ARABINOPYRANOSIDE-7-ALPHA-L-RHAMN0...
- 2-OCTANONE
- ASCARIDOLE
- CHOLINE
- CUMINALDEHYDE
- DIETHYL-PHTHALATE
- ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE-7-RHAMNOSIDE
- METHYL-EUGENOL
- 2-NONANONE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- BETA-PINENE
- SABINENE
- 2-TRIDECANONE
- 2-DECANONE
- EO
- ALPHA-HEXYLCINNAMALDEHYDE
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- 1,4-CINEOLE
- 3-CARENE
- APORPHINES
- BOLDINE
- CARVACROL
- 2-HEPTANONE
- 2-NONANOL
- 4-TERPINENYL-ACETATE
- ALPHA-FENCHENE
- ALPHA-FENCHOL
- ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- ALPHA-THUJENE
- ALPHA-THUJONE
- BETA-MYRCENE
- BETA-TERPINEOL
- BETA-THUJONE
- CIS-VERBENOL
- CIS-VERBENYL-ACETATE
- FENCHONE
- FENCHYL-ACETATE
- GERANIOL
- GUAIAZULENE
- ISOCORYDINE
- LEDOL
- MYRTENAL
- MYRTENOL
- N-METHYL-LAUROTETANINE
- NEROL
- PRONUCIFERINE
- SABINYL-ACETATE
- SINOACUTINE
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- THYMOL
- THYMYL-ACETATE
- TRANS-CARVYL-ACETATE
- CAMPHENE
- CAMPHOR
- LIMONENE
- LINALOOL
- SPARTEINE
- TRANS-PINOCARVEOL
- 6-ALPHA-7-DEHYDROBOLDINE
- (R)-COCLAURINE
- (S)-COCLAURINE
- ISORHAMNETIN
- SABINYL-KETONE
- BOLDOSIDE
- FRAGROSIDE
- ISOQUINOLINES
- ISORHAMNETIN-DIRHAMNOSIDE
- PEUMOSIDE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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