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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Tamarindus indica (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Tamarind; Kilytree; Indian Tamarind
How this plant is used
Food

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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
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 16320.0 20128.0 -0.81 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed Oil *
ORIENTIN 4 Leaf 12.5 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OXALIC-ACID 9 Leaf 1000.0 1960.0 -0.42 *
OXALO-SUCCINIC-ACID 0 Flower *
OXALO-SUCCINIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
OXALO-SUCCINIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
OXALOACETIC-ACID 0 Flower *
OXALOACETIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
OXALOACETIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
P-CRESOL 8 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 1680.0 2449.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed Oil *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 1.0 2.0 -1.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN 24 Fruit 20000.0 25000.0 -0.33 *
PECTIN 24 Seed *
PENT-3-EN-2-ONE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 1000.0 *
PENT-4-EN-2-ONE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 800.0 *
PENTANE-2,3-DIONE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 4400.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Acaricide 4 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidifier 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adrenergic 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.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 5 *
Allelopathic 2 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 15 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Analgesic 8 *
Anaphrodisiac 1 *
Androgenic 1 *