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.

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

Select a Results View:

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
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.
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
Teratologic 2 Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Tranquilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasoconstrictor 1 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator 7 Martindale's 29th