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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
EO 0 Stem Bark not available 200.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
EPOXYAZADIRADIONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit not available 42000.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 450000.0 0.97 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf not available 127000.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
GEDUNIN 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOAZADIROLIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOMARGOSINOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISONIMBINOCINOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISONIMBINOLIDE 1 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISONIMBOCINOLIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISONIMOLICINOLIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower not available 2000.0 1.33 Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Fruit not available 1125.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit not available 47250.0 0.31 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit not available 4000.0 0.87 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf not available 7100.0 1.15 Duke, 1992 *
MARGODUNOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MARGOSINE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *