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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Dillenia indica (Dilleniaceae)

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 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Leaf 1050.0 -0.01 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Stem Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark 7500.0 0.31 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark 13000.0 1.06 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Heart Wood Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Leaf 6000.0 0.48 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Pericarp 1900.0 -0.60 Pavannasasivam, G., & M.U.S. Sultanbawa. 1974. Betulinic acid in the Dilleniaceae and a review of its natural distribution. Phytochem. 13:2002-2006.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Pericarp 19000.0 1.41 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Stem Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Wood 2500.0 0.92 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anthelmintic 1 *
Antibacterial 1 *
Anticancer 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticarcinomic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiedemic 1 *
Antifeedant 1 *
Antiflu 1 *
AntiHIV 2 Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antiinflammatory 2 Recio, M., et al. 1994. Investigations on the Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Triterpenoids from Diospyros leucomelas*. Planta Medica, 61: 9.
Antileukemic 1 *
Antimalarial 1 *
Antimelanomic 1 New York Times, 3/28/95.
Antinociceptive 1 *
Antiplasmodial 1 *
Antitumor 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 2 *
Aphidifuge 1 Lugemwa, F.N., Huang, F-Y., Bentley, M.D., Mendel, M.J., and Alford, A.R. 1990. A Heliothis zea Antifeedant from the Abundant Birchbark Triterpene Betulin. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38(2): 493-494.
Apoptotic 1 *
Cytotoxic 2 *
Hypolipemic 1 *