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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.
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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 *
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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
Antidepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidiabetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiEBV 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.
Antieczemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 7 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antielastase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antierythemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant 6 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrosarcomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 3 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *