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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytoalexin | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pigment | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Piscicide | 1 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 1 | Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105. |
| Psychotropic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 4 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Serotoninergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sunscreen | 1 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |