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Common Names
Neem
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Perfumery | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytoalexin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytohormonal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Ibewuike, J. C., Ogungbamila, F. O., Ogundaini, A. O., Okeke, I. N., Bohlin, L. 1997. Antiinflammatory and Antibacterial Activities of C-methylflavonol from Piliostigma thonningii. Phytotherapy Research, 11(4): 281-284. |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Psychotropic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Radioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Scabicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spermicide | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Sunscreen | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |