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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
Antiinsomniac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiischemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukotriene-D4 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 12 Zeits. Lebensmitt. Unters. & Forsch. Acta Botanica Sinica, 174(3):211. 1982.
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenopausal 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.