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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
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bradycardic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchosedative 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 10 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 5 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 2 Science News, 146: 421.
Cardiac 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cardiodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *