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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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiperoxidant 2 Planta Medica, 57: A110, 1991.
Antipharyngitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyorrheic 1 Atal and Kapur, 1982
Antipyretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 5 Planta Medica, 56(6): 695, 1990.