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

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.
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
FAT	0	Fruit	2000.0	16950.0	-0.51	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT	0	Leaf	17000.0	68000.0	0.23	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT	0	Seed	200000.0	500000.0	1.24	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Shoot	14000.0	65600.0	0.36	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER	15	Fruit	13000.0	110170.0	-0.30	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER	15	Leaf	9000.0	36000.0	-1.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER	15	Seed	35000.0	36450.0	-0.78	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FIBER	15	Shoot	15000.0	70290.0	-1.20	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FLUORINE	0	Leaf	not available	4.0	-0.09	=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
GADOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	4800.0	12700.0	1.18	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL	14	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSINOLATES	0	Seed	not available	70000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOTROPAEOLIN	0	Root	not available	500.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Shoot	10350.0	48500.0	0.39	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE	12	Shoot	5170.0	24225.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HISTIDINE	7	Shoot	1960.0	9185.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
INDOLE-ACETIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLEACETONITRILE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Leaf	0.1	0.7	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	3.0	30.0	-0.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antibiotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	6	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	2	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichorea	1	Duke, 1992 *