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Common Names
Curry Leaf Tree; Curry Leaf; Indian Curry Tree
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Leaf | not available | 23.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-VINYL-GUAIACOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Leaf | not available | 885.0 | -0.37 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 6000.0 | 17800.0 | 2.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Leaf | not available | 8000.0 | -0.99 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Twig | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 61000.0 | 359000.0 | 1.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 0.0 | 8.0 | -0.14 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SABINENE | 5 | Leaf | 0.0 | 11700.0 | 7.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPOLIN | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | =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 |
| SPATHULENOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5.0 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Leaf | not available | 140.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Leaf | not available | 25.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Leaf | 0.0 | 3.0 | -1.11 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 2.0 | -1.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 9.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Leaf | 663000.0 | 730000.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 0.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiacne | 7 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 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 |
| Antiaggregant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaging | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiallergic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antialzheimeran? | 2 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiandrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antianxiety | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiapertif | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |