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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-TIGLOYL-3-ACETYL-11-METHOXY-AZADIRACHTININ 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
17-BETA-HYDROXYAZADIRDIONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
17-EPIAZADIRADIONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1ALPHA-METHOXY-1,2-DIHYDROAZADIRADIONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1BETA,2BETA-DIEPOXY-AZADIRADIONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
22,23-DIHYDRO-23BETA-METHOXY-AZADIRACHTIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-ACETYL-7-TIGLOYL-LACTONE-VILASININ 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-DESACETYL-3-CINNAMOYL-AZADIRACHTIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-DESACETYL-SALANIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-DESACETYLSALANNIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-TIGLOYLAZADIRACHLOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-EPINIMBIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4ALPHA,6ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-A-HOMO-AZADIRADIONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-ACETYL-NIMBANDIOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-DESACETYLNIMBINENE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-DESACETYLNIMBINENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-DESACETYLNIMBINENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-O-ACETYL-NIMBANDIOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-ACETYLNEOTRICHILENONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-DESACETYL-7-BENZOYL-AZADIRADIONE 0 Seed 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
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Paramecicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.