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
Antiglaucomic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosation	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
Antigoiter	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigrey	1	Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	1	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	5	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine	1	Duke, 1992 *