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Plant Balanites aegyptiacus (Balanitaceae)

Common Names
Desert Date, Soapberry Tree, dattier du desert (Fr.), dattier sauvage (Fr.), heglik (Fr.), Zachunbaum (Ger.), betu (India), hingotia (India), lalo (India), zachun (India), mirobalano de Egipto (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
25-ALPHA-SPIROSTA-3,5-DIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
25-ALPHA-SPIROSTA-3,5-DIENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDONIC-ACID 12 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit not available 390.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 52000.0 81000.0 0.63 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf not available 127000.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed not available 33000.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Shoot not available 66000.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
BALANITESIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 1300.0 3800.0 -0.01 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot not available 4800.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 791000.0 886000.0 0.55 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf not available 715000.0 0.82 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Shoot not available 644000.0 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 0.0 17000.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View Chemicals list for Acetylcholinergic) Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 (View Chemicals list for Acidulant) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic) Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic) Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic) Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anemiagenic) Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Angiogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View Chemicals list for Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker) Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic) Martindale's 28th
Antiacne 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne) Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenomic) Merck 11th Edition
AntiAGE 1 (View Chemicals list for AntiAGE) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 2 (View Chemicals list for Antiaggregant) Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaging) Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antiallergic) Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 (View Chemicals list for Antialopecic) Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 (View Chemicals list for Antialzheimeran) Duke, 1992 *