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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
NERITALOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ODOROBIOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ODOROSIDE-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ODOROSIDE-H 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ODOROTRIOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEAGENIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANDOMYCIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANDRIN 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEASIDES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed not available 140.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 300000.0 0.59 Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOCURAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETRIN-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ROSAGININ 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 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
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.