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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
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.