Plant Azadirachta indica (Meliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
MARGOSINOLIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MELDENIN	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MELIANTRIOL	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	Flower	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	not available	630.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
NIMBAFLAVONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIMBANDIOL	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIMBANDIOL	2	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIMBIDIN	28	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIMBIDIN	28	Stem Bark	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIMBIN	6	Stem Bark	not available	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIMBINENE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIMBINENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIMBINENE	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIMBININ	6	Stem Bark	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIMBINONE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIMBIOL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIMBIONE	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIMBOCINOLIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIMBOCINOME	0	Plant	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
Catabolic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	4	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CNS-Depressant	3	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Sedative	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Comedogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
COMP-Inhibitor	1	Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-2-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	6	Duke, 1992 *