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Plant Azadirachta indica (Meliaceae)

Common Names
Neem
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
NIMBOLIDE 5 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIMBOLIN-A 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIMBOLIN-B 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIMBOSTEROL 0 Stem Bark not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NIMOCINOL 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIMOLICINOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIMOLICINOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIMOLINONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSANE 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit not available 238050.0 1.35 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 63000.0 71550.0 0.75 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 2265.0 2400.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 1900.0 2400.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit not available 72000.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf not available 154000.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Flower not available 1000.0 0.94 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 4 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.
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amebicide 1 Atal and Kapur, 1982
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *