Plant Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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 *

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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
Catabolic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CNS-Depressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Dermatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.