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Plant Pterocarpus santalinus (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Red Saunders
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
LUPENONE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PTEROCARPDIOLONE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PTEROCARPIN 0 Wood not available 2500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PTEROCARPOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PTEROCARPTRIOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PTEROSTILBENE 19 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTAL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTALIN 0 Wood not available 160000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTALIN-A 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTALIN-B 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant 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
Myorelaxant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Nephrotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Neurogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ovulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 8 Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Huang, C., Tunon, H., Bohlin, L. 1995. Anti-Inflammatory Compounds Isolated from Menyanthes trifoliata L. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 30(8): 621-626.
Sedative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Styptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 1 Mater Org (Berl), 24:301, 1989.
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Hamada, S. I., Kataoka, T., Woo, J. T., Yamada, A., Yoshida, T., Nishimura, T., Otake, N., Nagai, K. 1997. Immunosuppressive Effects by Gallic Acid and Chebulagic Acid on CTL-Mediated Cytotoxicity. Biol Pharm Bull, 20: 1017-1019.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229