Plant Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
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 *