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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
(E)-5-(2,3-DIMETHYL-3-NORTRICYCYL)-PENT-3-EN-2-ONE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)-ALPHA-SANTALAL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)-BETA-SANTALAL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-ALLOHYDROXYPROLINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-FURFURYL-PYRROLE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHOXY-4-ALLYL-GUAIACOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
11-METHYL-7-OXA-TETRACYCLODODECANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-3-METHYLENENORBORNAN-2-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-(P-TOLYL)-VALERALDEHYDE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ETHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-CYCLOHEX-3-EN-1-YL-METHYL-KETONE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-CYCLOHEXA-1,3-DIEN-1-YL-METHYL-KETONE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-VINYL-GUAIACOL 4 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,6-DIMETHYL-5-NORBORNEN-EXO-2-OL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE 3 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SANTALENE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SANTALIC-ACID 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
Antispasmodic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antispastic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistaphylococcic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
AntiTNF 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antituberculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 4 Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Antiwrinkle 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.