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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 1 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |