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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 | 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) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihomocystinuric | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperthyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiichythyotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiimplantation | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiimpotence | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinfarctal | 1 | Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 11 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiinsomniac | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiinsomnic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiischemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |