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Plant Melia azedarach (Meliaceae)

Common Names
Chinaberry
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
1,5-DIHYDROXY-8-METHOXY-2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE-3-O-ALPHA-L... 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE-3-O-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-ALPHA-METHOXY-1,2-DIHYDROEPOXYAZADIRADIONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-CINNAMYLMELIANOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-TERPEN-4-OL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
17-EPIAZADIRADIONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
21,23,24,25-DIEPOXI-TIRUCALL-7-EN-21-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENECYCLOARTENONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-5-CAMPESTEN-7-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-STIGMAST-5-EN-7-ONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-OCTAL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4',5-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE-7-O-BETA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL...BK 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-CAMPESTEN-3-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-BETA-HYDROXY-STIGMAST-4-EN-3-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-HYDROXY-7-METHOXY-COUMARIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-ACETYLNEOTRICHILENONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-KETO-BETA-SITOSTEROL 0 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
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenergic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialcoholic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Antianaphylactic 1 Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.