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Plant Balanites aegyptiacus (Balanitaceae)

Common Names
Desert Date; Soapberry Tree; dattier du desert (Fr.); dattier sauvage (Fr.); heglik (Fr.); Zachunbaum (Ger.); betu (India); hingotia (India); lalo (India); zachun (India); mirobalano de Egipto (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
25-ALPHA-SPIROSTA-3,5-DIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
25-ALPHA-SPIROSTA-3,5-DIENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDONIC-ACID 12 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit not available 390.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 52000.0 81000.0 0.63 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf not available 127000.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed not available 33000.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Shoot not available 66000.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
BALANITESIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 1300.0 3800.0 -0.01 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot not available 4800.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 791000.0 886000.0 0.55 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf not available 715000.0 0.82 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Shoot not available 644000.0 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 0.0 17000.0 -0.51 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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *