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Common Names
Karaya
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CELLULOSE | 0 | Wood | not available | 239248.0 | -1.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Gum | not available | 59200.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-D-GALACTOSE | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETULIN | 13 | Bark | not available | 50.0 | -0.40 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | not available | 280000.0 | -0.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GALACTOSE | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GLUCURONIC-ACID | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Gum | not available | 2800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 200000.0 | 260000.0 | -0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Gum | not available | 4100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Gum | not available | 123000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-RHAMNOSE | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIGNOCERIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | 3740.0 | 4082.0 | -0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 4840.0 | 6292.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Gum | 700000.0 | 750000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 9300.0 | 12090.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 133180.0 | 173134.0 | 0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| MAO-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Musculotropic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Myorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 3 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 3 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytoalexin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytohormonal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Propecic | 4 | 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. |
| Protisticide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Psychotropic | 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. |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spermicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |