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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Murraya koenigii (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Curry Leaf Tree; Curry Leaf; Indian Curry Tree
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf 23.0 -0.38 *
P-VINYL-GUAIACOL 0 Leaf 2.0 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf 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 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 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 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 *
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 *
SCOPOLIN 3 Leaf =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 5.0 -0.74 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf 140.0 -0.26 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 25.0 -0.20 *
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 2.0 -1.29 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Leaf 9.0 -0.53 *
WATER 0 Leaf 663000.0 730000.0 -0.39 *
XYLENE 0 Leaf 0.1 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseptic 15 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 1 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antispasmodic 15 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic 4 *
Antistreptococcic 4 *
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 1 *
Antisyndrome-X 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
Antitartar 1 *
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 *
Antitubercular 1 *
Antitumor 7 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Breast) 2 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 2 *