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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

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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
FAT 0 Leaf not available 42000.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 300000.0 550000.0 1.50 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Shoot not available 15000.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit not available 102000.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf not available 136000.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Shoot not available 233000.0 0.61 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 120000.0 220000.0 0.97 Duke, 1992 *
MARMESIN 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 81000.0 135000.0 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 57000.0 104500.0 1.46 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit not available 4000.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot not available 3800.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 61000.0 111000.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf not available 116000.0 -0.96 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 219000.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Shoot not available 275000.0 0.58 Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE 0 Seed 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
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 *