Plant Ceiba pentandra (Bombacaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Kapok; Silk-Cotton Tree

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
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	2400.0	4800.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	61000.0	82000.0	1.03	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Wood	not available	59000.0	1.99	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	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
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	4	Flower	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
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	2300.0	4700.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOROL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	216000.0	383000.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Wood	not available	683000.0	0.68	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOPROPANES	0	Seed	24000.0	56000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	200000.0	400000.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	160000.0	196000.0	0.48	Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYPOL	54	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANE	0	Flower	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
HENTRIACONTANOL	0	Flower	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
KAEMPFEROL	75	Flower	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
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	not available	5300.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Seed	460.0	920.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antithiamin	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitrypanosomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	4	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiulcer	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiurethrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral	7	Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.