Common Names
Kapok; Silk-Cotton Tree
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Antiprostaglandin | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiprostanoid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
Antiprostatitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antipsoriac | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Antipyretic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
Antirabies | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiradicular | 4 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
Antirheumatic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiseptic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiserotonin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antispasmodic | 4 | =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 |
Antispermatogenic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
Antistaphylococcic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antistomatitic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
Antistreptococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antistress | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antisunburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antitestosterone | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |