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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Melia azedarach (Meliaceae)

Common Names
Chinaberry
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
1,5-DIHYDROXY-8-METHOXY-2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE-3-O-ALPHA-L... 0 Plant *
1,8-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE-3-O-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant *
1-ALPHA-METHOXY-1,2-DIHYDROEPOXYAZADIRADIONE 0 Fruit *
1-CINNAMYLMELIANOLINE 0 Plant *
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Wood *
1-TERPEN-4-OL 0 Wood *
17-EPIAZADIRADIONE 0 Fruit *
21,23,24,25-DIEPOXI-TIRUCALL-7-EN-21-OL 0 Fruit *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL 5 Root *
24-METHYLENECYCLOARTENONE 0 Root *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-5-CAMPESTEN-7-ONE 0 Plant *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-STIGMAST-5-EN-7-ONE 0 Fruit *
3-OCTAL 0 Wood *
3-PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Wood *
4',5-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE-7-O-BETA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL...BK 0 Plant *
4-CAMPESTEN-3-ONE 0 Root *
6-BETA-HYDROXY-STIGMAST-4-EN-3-ONE 0 Plant *
6-HYDROXY-7-METHOXY-COUMARIN 0 Leaf *
7-ACETYLNEOTRICHILENONE 0 Fruit *
7-KETO-BETA-SITOSTEROL 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 *
Anticapillary-Fragility 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 4 *
Anticataract 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticholinergic 1 *
Anticholinesterase? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticlastogen 1 *
Anticlimacteric 1 *
Anticolitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 *
Anticonvulsant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCrohn's 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCVI 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidementia 1 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidermatitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).