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Plant Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae)

Common Names
Oleander
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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.