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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
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigonadotrophic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 7 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Antiherpetic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 7 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
AntiHIV 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 6 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 12 Duke, 1992 *