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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Pterocarpus santalinus (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Red Saunders
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
ACETYL-OLEANOLIC-ACID 0 Wood *
ACETYLOLEANOLALDEHYDE 0 Wood *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Plant *
BETA-AMYRONE 0 Plant *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Wood *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BETULIN 13 Bark *
CEDROL 3 Wood Essent. Oil *
CRYPTOMERIDIOL 0 Wood *
DESOXYSANTALIN 0 Wood *
EO 0 Wood *
EPILUPEOL 2 Bark *
ERYTHRODIOL 0 Plant *
EUDES-4(15)-ENE-2,11-DIOL 0 Plant *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Wood *
HOMOPTEROCARPIN 0 Wood 2000.0 *
ISOPTEROCARPIN 0 Wood *
ISOPTEROCARPOLONE 0 Wood *
LIQUIRITIGENIN 12 Plant *
LUP-20(29)-EN-2ALPHA,3BETA-DIOL 0 Bark *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidepressant 1 (View) Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antidiabetic 1 (View) *
AntiEBV 2 (View) *
Antiedemic 3 (View) *
Antiescherichic 1 (View) *
Antiestrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant 2 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antiflu 3 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antigonadotrophic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antihepatotoxic 2 (View) Okuda, T., Yoshida, T., and Hatano, T. Antioxidant Effects of Tannins and Related Polyphenols. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.7 p.93.
Antiherpetic 1 (View) *
AntiHIV 2 (View) *
Antihyperglycemic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiinflammatory 7 (View) *
Antileishmanic 1 (View) *
Antileukemic 2 (View) *
Antilithic 1 (View) *