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Common Names
Tonka Bean; Dutch Tonka Bean
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Dermatitigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DME-Inhibitor | 1 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134. |
| Emetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLavor | 3 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| FPTase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungicide | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Fungistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemorrhagic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 1 | Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195. |
| Hydrocholerectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 1 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 4 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hypoglycemic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 165 |
| Hypolipemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |