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Plant Murraya koenigii (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Curry Leaf Tree; Curry Leaf; Indian Curry Tree
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List of plant chemicals.
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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 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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihypertensive 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 11 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiinsomniac 2 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.
Antijet-lag 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antilethargic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antileukodermic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 4 Duke, 1992 *