Plant Sesamum indicum (Pedaliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Sesame; Benneseed; Beni; Ajonjoli (Sp.); Sesamo (Sp.)

How this plant is used

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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
(+)-ASARININ	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-EPISESAMIN	0	Seed	not available	1.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-EPISESAMINONE	0	Seed	not available	0.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-KOBUSIN	0	Seed	not available	1.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-PINORESINOL	1	Seed	not available	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-PINORESINOL-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL(1,2)-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL(1,6)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	52.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-PIPERITOL	0	Seed	not available	1.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-SESAMIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-SESAMIN	0	Seed	not available	419.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-SESAMIN	0	Seed Oil	1700.0	25000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-SESAMOLIN	0	Seed	not available	218.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-SESAMOLINOL	0	Seed	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(4-METHYL-PENT-3-ENYL)-ANTHRAQUINONE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	29.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(4-METHYL-PENTA-1,3-DIENYL)-ANTHRAQUINONE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-3-METHYL-FURAN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
2-ACETYL-FURAN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-PYRROLE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
2-HEPTANAL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ISOPROPENYL-NAPHTHAZARIN-2,3-EPOXIDE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	550.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-4-ETHYLPHENOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	7	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acnegenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
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	7	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	4	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	2	Duke, 1992 *