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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Moringa oleifera (Moringaceae)

Common Names
Ben Nut; Drumstick Tree; Horseradish Tree; Benzolive Tree; Moringa; West Indian Ben; Jacinto (Sp.)
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
THIAMIN 31 Shoot 2.0 12.0 -0.11 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Shoot 4110.0 19260.0 1.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TOCOPHEROL 93 Leaf 74.0 296.0 -0.43 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TOCOPHEROLS 0 Leaf 74.0 296.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TOCOPHEROLS 0 Seed *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Shoot 1440.0 6745.0 1.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Shoot 3470.0 16260.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE 3 Shoot 6110.0 28630.0 1.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANILLIN 28 Stem =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 1.0 10.0 0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VIT-B-6 0 Shoot 12.0 56.0 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Fruit 882000.0 0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Leaf 750000.0 -0.29 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WATER 0 Seed 40000.0 -0.72 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WATER 0 Shoot 786600.0 -1.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Angiogenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 2 *
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 5 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 2 *
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 5 *