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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Dipteryx odorata (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Tonka Bean; Dutch Tonka Bean
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
LUPEOL 21 Bark CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
MELILITIC-ACID 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
MELILOTOSIDE 0 Fruit Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
MELILOTOSIDE-1-P-COUMARYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
METHYL-LINOLEATE 0 Bark CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
METHYL-LINOLENATE 0 Bark CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
METHYL-OLEATE 0 Bark CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
O-COUMARIC-ACID 4 Leaf Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
O-COUMARIC-ACID 4 Seed *
O-HYDROXYCOUMARIC-ACID 0 Leaf Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
ODORATIN 0 Wood *
ODORATINE 0 Wood *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 14900.0 -0.86 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Leaf Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 1525.0 -0.67 *
RETUSIN 2 Wood *
RETUSIN-8-METHYL-ETHER 0 Wood CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Leaf Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
SITOSTEROL 0 Seed CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 1425.0 -0.53 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antibrucellosic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 *
Anticancer (Kidney) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Liver) 1 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Skin) 1 *
Anticarcinogenic 1 *
Anticarcinomic 1 *
Anticoronary 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidandruff 1 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidermatotic 1 *
Antidiuretic 1 *
Antidysmenorrheic 1 *
AntiEBV 1 *
Antieczemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 3 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiesherichic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiestrogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 2 *