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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
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Shoot List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYROSIN 0 Stem Tramil
NIACIN 39 Fruit 2.0 52.0 -0.12 *
NIACIN 39 Shoot 8.0 105.0 -0.04 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIAZIMIN 0 Leaf *
OCTACOSANOIC-ACID 0 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
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 120000.0 380000.0 2.14 *
OXALATE 0 Leaf 32400.0 0.30 =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
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit 1010.0 -0.25 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Leaf 1010.0 -0.45 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 6000.0 60000.0 0.54 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Shoot 4870.0 22820.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 500.0 4235.0 0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 700.0 2800.0 -0.40 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot 1120.0 5250.0 0.84 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 4610.0 39065.0 1.87 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Shoot 3370.0 15790.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROLAMINE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PROLINE 0 Shoot 4510.0 21135.0 1.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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 *
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 *
Antihyperthyroid 1 *
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 *
Antiimpotence 1 *
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 *