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Plant Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae)

Common Names
Oleander
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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 *