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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.
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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.