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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
MELACACIDIN 0 Wood not available not available not available Wealth of India.
MELANOXETIN 0 Wood not available not available not available Wealth of India.
METHIONINE 15 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
NIACIN 39 Seed not available 52.0 0.27 Wealth of India.
OKANIN 2 Wood not available not available not available Wealth of India.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
P-NITROBENZOATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
PENTOSANS 0 Wood not available 200000.0 -0.54 Wealth of India.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 300.0 400.0 -0.84 Wealth of India.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed not available 6200.0 0.22 Wealth of India.
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 201000.0 211000.0 -0.01 Wealth of India.
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 395000.0 1.43 Wealth of India.
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
TANNIN 35 Bark 70000.0 110000.0 -0.27 Wealth of India.
THREONINE 4 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
TYROSINE 8 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
VALINE 3 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
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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