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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Hydnocarpus wightiana (Flacourtiaceae)

Common Names
Hindi Chaulmoogra
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
ALEPRESTIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ALEPRIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ALEPROLIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ALEPRYLIC-ACID 0 Seed *
APIGENIN 101 Seed *
ARACHNIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ASH 0 Seed 38300.0 -0.29 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Leaf 48.8 -0.98 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Stem Bark 66.6 -0.40 Jim Duke's personal files.
CHAULMOOGRIC-ACID 3 Seed 170775.0 1.00 *
CHRYSOERIOL 7 Seed *
DIHYDROCHAULMOOGRIC-ACID 0 Seed *
DIHYDROHYDNOCARPIC-ACID 0 Seed *
FAT 0 Seed 632500.0 1.93 *
GORLIC-ACID 0 Seed 77165.0 -1.00 *
HYDNOCARPIC-ACID 3 Seed 308000.0 1.00 *
HYDNOCARPIN 0 Fruit *
ISOGALEIC-ACID 0 Seed *
LEUCOPELARGONIDIN 1 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) *
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 1 (View) *
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialopecic 2 (View) *
Antiandrogenic 2 (View) *
Antiangiogenic 2 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antiatherogenic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 5 (View) Recio, M. C., Rios, J. L., and Villar, A., A review of some antimicrobial compounds isolated from medicinal plants reported in the literature 1978-1988, Phytotherapy Research, 3(4), 1989, 117-125.
Anticancer 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.