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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Santalum album (Santalaceae)

Common Names
White Sandalwood
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
(E)-5-(2,3-DIMETHYL-3-NORTRICYCYL)-PENT-3-EN-2-ONE 0 Wood *
(E)-ALPHA-SANTALAL 0 Wood *
(E)-BETA-SANTALAL 0 Wood *
1-ALLOHYDROXYPROLINE 0 Fruit *
1-FURFURYL-PYRROLE 0 Wood *
1-METHOXY-4-ALLYL-GUAIACOL 0 Wood *
11-METHYL-7-OXA-TETRACYCLODODECANE 0 Plant *
2-METHYL-3-METHYLENENORBORNAN-2-OL 0 Plant *
4-(P-TOLYL)-VALERALDEHYDE 0 Wood *
4-ETHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Wood *
4-METHYL-CYCLOHEX-3-EN-1-YL-METHYL-KETONE 0 Wood *
4-METHYL-CYCLOHEXA-1,3-DIEN-1-YL-METHYL-KETONE 0 Wood *
4-METHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Wood *
4-VINYL-GUAIACOL 4 Wood *
4-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Wood *
5,6-DIMETHYL-5-NORBORNEN-EXO-2-OL 0 Wood *
ALANINE 3 Fruit *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE 3 Wood *
ALPHA-SANTALENE 0 Wood *
ALPHA-SANTALIC-ACID 0 Wood *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antinephritic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinitrosating 1 *
Antionychogryphotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiotitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant 8 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 1 *
Antiprostaglandin 3 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 3 *
Antipyretic 3 *
Antipyruvetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiradicular 2 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antisalmonella 3 *
Antiseptic 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antisickling 1 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisinusitic 1 Martindale's 28th