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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 *
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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
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiradicular 3 Planta Medica, 56(6): 695, 1990.
Antisarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiTGF-beta 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic 3 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.