Plant Balanites aegyptiacus (Balanitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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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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 *

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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
Antianaphylactic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianxiety	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapertif	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Lung)	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticataract	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *