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Common Names
East Indian Walnut; Siris Tree; Frywood; Koko; Lebbek; Lebbek Tree; Women's-Tongue Tree
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELACACIDIN | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| MELANOXETIN | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | not available | 52.0 | 0.27 | Wealth of India. |
| OKANIN | 2 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| P-NITROBENZOATE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| PENTOSANS | 0 | Wood | not available | 200000.0 | -0.54 | Wealth of India. |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 300.0 | 400.0 | -0.84 | Wealth of India. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | not available | 6200.0 | 0.22 | Wealth of India. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 201000.0 | 211000.0 | -0.01 | Wealth of India. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 395000.0 | 1.43 | Wealth of India. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| TANNIN | 35 | Bark | 70000.0 | 110000.0 | -0.27 | Wealth of India. |
| THREONINE | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| VALINE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitumor (Skin) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 4 | Cancer Research, 48: 5941. |
| Antiulcer | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcerogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuremic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiurethrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivitiligic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiyeast | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemicide | 1 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Asthma-preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| ATPase-Inhibitor | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Bacteristat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |