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Plant Hydnocarpus wightiana (Flacourtiaceae)

Common Names
Hindi Chaulmoogra
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALEPRESTIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALEPRIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALEPROLIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALEPRYLIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHNIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed not available 38300.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Leaf not available 48.8 -0.98 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Stem Bark not available 66.6 -0.40 Jim Duke's personal files.
CHAULMOOGRIC-ACID 3 Seed not available 170775.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCHAULMOOGRIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROHYDNOCARPIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 632500.0 1.93 Duke, 1992 *
GORLIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 77165.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
HYDNOCARPIC-ACID 3 Seed not available 308000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
HYDNOCARPIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOGALEIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOPELARGONIDIN 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 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 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialopecic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 5 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 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.