An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Albizia lebbeck

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
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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 Wealth of India.
ACACIC-ACID 0 Seed Wealth of India.
ALBIGENIC-ACID 0 Seed Wealth of India.
ALBIGENIN 0 Seed Wealth of India.
ALBIZZIAGENIN 0 Seed Wealth of India.
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Flower Wealth of India.
ALPHA-CELLULOSE 0 Wood 456000.0 0.63 Wealth of India.
ARGININE 14 Seed Wealth of India.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 17.0 -0.33 Wealth of India.
ASH 0 Leaf 101000.0 104000.0 -0.26 Wealth of India.
ASH 0 Seed 42000.0 -0.18 Wealth of India.
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Flower Wealth of India.
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Flower Wealth of India.
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Flower Wealth of India.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark Wealth of India.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf Wealth of India.
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 10100.0 104000.0 5.85 Wealth of India.
CALCIUM 28 Seed 1720.0 -0.45 Wealth of India.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 525000.0 613000.0 0.01 Wealth of India.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 495000.0 -0.11 Wealth of India.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Larvicide 1 *
Larvistat 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 3 *
Leucocytogenic 1 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Metal-Chelator 1 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Monoamine-Precursor 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).