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Plant Ceiba pentandra (Bombacaceae)

Common Names
Kapok; Silk-Cotton Tree
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LIGNONE 0 Wood not available 252000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 52000.0 145200.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Bark not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 86000.0 212000.0 0.76 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 19540.0 64000.0 0.62 Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANS 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 9700.0 12690.0 1.94 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 190000.0 332000.0 0.87 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SEMIGOSSYPOL-1,4-QUINONE 0 Root not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
SEMIGOSSYPOL-6-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 4000.0 32000.0 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Bark not available 108200.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Wood not available 98000.0 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
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Toxic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Tranquilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator 4 Duke, 1992 *
Vasomotor-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 3 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.