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Plant Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae)

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Common name(s)
Indian Almond, Malabar Almond, Tropical Almond
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
30 (+)-CATECHIN Bark -- -- -- ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
38 (-)-EPICATECHIN Bark -- -- -- ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
0 1-DEGALLOYL-EUGENIIN Leaf -- 195.0 -1.00 Tanaka,T.,Nonaka,G. I.,Nishioka,I.1986.Tannins and Related Compounds.XLII.Isolation and Characterization of Four New Hydrolyzable Tannins, Terflavins A & B, Tergallagin and Tercatain from the Leaves of Terminalia catappa L. Chem Pharm Bull 34 3: 1039-1049
0 2,3-(4,4',5,5',6,6'-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL)-GLUCOSE Leaf -- 625.0 -- Tanaka,T.,Nonaka,G. I.,Nishioka,I.1986.Tannins and Related Compounds.XLII.Isolation and Characterization of Four New Hydrolyzable Tannins, Terflavins A & B, Tergallagin and Tercatain from the Leaves of Terminalia catappa L. Chem Pharm Bull 34 3: 1039-1049
3 3,3',4-TRI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID Bark -- -- -- Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
0 3,3'-DI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID Bark -- -- -- Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
0 ARACHIDIC-ACID Seed 0.0 4770.0 -0.19 *
5 ARJUNOLIC-ACID Bark -- -- -- Diyabalanaga, T. K. K., Jayasinghe, U. L. B., Simmonds, P. M., Wannigama, G. P., Wickramasinghe, A. 1997. Chemical Investigation of Terminalia catappa. Acgc. Chem. Res. Commun. 6: 26-28.
0 ARJUNOLIC-ACID-28-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE Bark -- -- -- Diyabalanaga, T. K. K., Jayasinghe, U. L. B., Simmonds, P. M., Wannigama, G. P., Wickramasinghe, A. 1997. Chemical Investigation of Terminalia catappa. Acgc. Chem. Res. Commun. 6: 26-28.
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Seed -- 0.0 -0.34 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 ASH Seed 24000.0 43000.0 -0.15 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
53 BETA-CAROTENE Fruit -- 1.8 -0.15 Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
53 BETA-CAROTENE Seed -- 0.0 -0.43 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Bark -- -- -- Diyabalanaga, T. K. K., Jayasinghe, U. L. B., Simmonds, P. M., Wannigama, G. P., Wickramasinghe, A. 1997. Chemical Investigation of Terminalia catappa. Acgc. Chem. Res. Commun. 6: 26-28.
22 BETULINIC-ACID Bark -- -- -- Diyabalanaga, T. K. K., Jayasinghe, U. L. B., Simmonds, P. M., Wannigama, G. P., Wickramasinghe, A. 1997. Chemical Investigation of Terminalia catappa. Acgc. Chem. Res. Commun. 6: 26-28.
1 BREVIFOLIN-CARBOXYLIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
28 CALCIUM Seed 320.0 5100.0 0.18 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 CARBOHYDRATES Seed 149000.0 179000.0 -1.37 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
8 CHEBULAGIC-ACID Leaf -- 55.0 -1.00 Tanaka,T.,Nonaka,G. I.,Nishioka,I.1986.Tannins and Related Compounds.XLII.Isolation and Characterization of Four New Hydrolyzable Tannins, Terflavins A & B, Tergallagin and Tercatain from the Leaves of Terminalia catappa L. Chem Pharm Bull 34 3: 1039-1049
13 CORILAGIN Leaf -- 500.0 1.00 Tanaka,T.,Nonaka,G. I.,Nishioka,I.1986.Tannins and Related Compounds.XLII.Isolation and Characterization of Four New Hydrolyzable Tannins, Terflavins A & B, Tergallagin and Tercatain from the Leaves of Terminalia catappa L. Chem Pharm Bull 34 3: 1039-1049
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.