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Plant Santalum album (Santalaceae)

Common Names
White Sandalwood
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
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL 8 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE 2 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITONE 0 Wax not available 440000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL 26 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Wood 50000.0 80000.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
SANTALAL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTALBIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTALOL 2 Root not available 95900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTALOL 2 Wood 13500.0 61250.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTALONE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTENE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTENOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEAROLIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERESANTALAL 0 Wood 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
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 1 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 3 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.