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Plant Albizia lebbeck (Fabaceae)

Common Names
East Indian Walnut; Siris Tree; Frywood; Koko; Lebbek; Lebbek Tree; Women's-Tongue Tree
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
(+)-PINITOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ACACIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ALBIGENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ALBIGENIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ALBIZZIAGENIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ALPHA-CELLULOSE 0 Wood not available 456000.0 0.63 Wealth of India.
ARGININE 14 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed not available 17.0 -0.33 Wealth of India.
ASH 0 Leaf 101000.0 104000.0 -0.26 Wealth of India.
ASH 0 Seed not available 42000.0 -0.18 Wealth of India.
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 10100.0 104000.0 5.85 Wealth of India.
CALCIUM 28 Seed not available 1720.0 -0.45 Wealth of India.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 525000.0 613000.0 0.01 Wealth of India.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed not available 495000.0 -0.11 Wealth of India.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 2 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 12 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *