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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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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 *
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 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 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Seed *
GLUCOSINOLATES 0 Seed 70000.0 *
GLUCOTROPAEOLIN 0 Root 500.0 -1.00 *
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 *
INDOLEACETONITRILE 0 Fruit *
IODINE 12 Leaf 0.1 0.7 -0.14 *
IRON 6 Fruit 3.0 30.0 -0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antichoreic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 *
Anticlimacteric 3 *
Anticold 1 *
Anticolitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 *
Anticonvulsant 4 *
Anticoronary 3 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCRP 1 *
AntiCTS 1 *
Anticystinuric 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidandruff 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidecubitic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 *
Antidermatitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.