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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
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CELLULOSE | 1 | Wood | not available | 769000.0 | 1.27 | Wealth of India. |
| D-CATECHIN | 4 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ECHINOCYSTIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 85000.0 | 160000.0 | 2.06 | Wealth of India. |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | not available | 68000.0 | -1.04 | Wealth of India. |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 176000.0 | 190000.0 | 0.35 | Wealth of India. |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | not available | 42000.0 | -0.73 | Wealth of India. |
| FRIEDELIN | 2 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | not available | 115.0 | -0.17 | Wealth of India. |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| LEBBECACIDIN | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| LEBBEKANINS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| LEUCANTHOCYANIDIN | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| LEUCOPELARGONIDIN | 1 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| LIGNIN | 13 | Wood | not available | 220000.0 | -0.92 | Wealth of India. |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| LYSINE | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Elastase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Essential | 7 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 4 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| FPTase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungicide | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hemostat | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |