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Plant Aglaia odorata (Meliaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Rice Flower
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(24R)-AGLAITRIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
(24S)-AGLAITRIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
AGLAFOLIN 3 Root Bark not available not available not available Engelmeier, D., Hadacek, F., Pacher, T., Vajrodaya, S., and Greger, H. 2000. Cyclopenta[b]benzofurans from Aglaia Species with Pronounced Antifungal Activity against Rice Blast Fungus (Pyricularia grisea). J. Agric. Food Chem., 48(4): 1400-1404.
AGLAIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
AGLAIONDIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
DESMETHYLROCAGLAMIDE 3 Root Bark not available not available not available Engelmeier, D., Hadacek, F., Pacher, T., Vajrodaya, S., and Greger, H. 2000. Cyclopenta[b]benzofurans from Aglaia Species with Pronounced Antifungal Activity against Rice Blast Fungus (Pyricularia grisea). J. Agric. Food Chem., 48(4): 1400-1404.
ROCAGLAMIDE 3 Root Bark not available not available not available Engelmeier, D., Hadacek, F., Pacher, T., Vajrodaya, S., and Greger, H. 2000. Cyclopenta[b]benzofurans from Aglaia Species with Pronounced Antifungal Activity against Rice Blast Fungus (Pyricularia grisea). J. Agric. Food Chem., 48(4): 1400-1404.
ROCAGLAOL 3 Root Bark not available not available not available Engelmeier, D., Hadacek, F., Pacher, T., Vajrodaya, S., and Greger, H. 2000. Cyclopenta[b]benzofurans from Aglaia Species with Pronounced Antifungal Activity against Rice Blast Fungus (Pyricularia grisea). J. Agric. Food Chem., 48(4): 1400-1404.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypocholesterolemic 1 Martindale's 30th
Hypoglycemic 1 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *