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Plant Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae)

Common Names
Oleander
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
16-ANHYDRO-DEACETYL-NERIGOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9-D-HYDROXY-CIS-12-OCTADECANOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADIGOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADYNERIN 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Flower not available 10.0 -1.47 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf not available 50.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Stem not available 20.0 -1.44 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN 13 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Plant not available 490.0 -1.11 Duke, 1992 *
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CORNERIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CORTENERIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEACETYLOLEANDRIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *