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Plant 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
3',7-DIHYDROXY-4',6-DIMETHOXY-ISOFLAVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3',7-DIHYDROXY-4',8-DIMETHOXY-ISOFLAVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3'-HYDROXY-8-O-METHYLRETUSIN 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3'-HYDROXYRETUSIN-8-METHYL-ETHER 0 Wood not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
3-BETA-ACETOXY-VOUACAPENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
5,6,7-TRIMETHOXY-3',4-METHYLENEDIOXY-ISOFLAVONE 0 Bark not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
7,8-DIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXY-ISOFLAVONE 0 Heart Wood not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
7,8-DIHYDROXY-6,4-DIMETHOXY-ISOFLAVONE 0 Heart Wood not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
7-HYDROXY-4',8-DIMETHOXY-ISOFLAVONE 0 Heart Wood not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
7-HYDROXY-5,16-DIEMTHOXY-3',4'-METHYLENE-DIOXY-ISOFLAVONE 0 Heart Wood not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
8-O-METHYLRETUSIN 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN 13 Bark not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
COUMARIC-ACID-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
COUMARIN 57 Seed 10000.0 35000.0 1.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DIPTERYXIN 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIPTERYXINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 250000.0 -0.08 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf not available not available not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available 3850.0 -0.88 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antiflu 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiherpetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperglycemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiichthyosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinflammatory 10 Recio, M., et al. 1994. Investigations on the Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Triterpenoids from Diospyros leucomelas*. Planta Medica, 61: 9.
Antileukemic 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antileukotriene-D4 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphedemic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimalarial 1 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimelanomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimitotic 3 Pandeya, S.N. 1970. Biological Activity of Adamantyl Derivatives. The Indian Journal of Pharmacy, 33: 7.
Antimononuccleotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.