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Plant Tamarindus indica (Fabaceae)

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

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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
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MALIC-ACID-DIBUTYRATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-(2-FURANYL)-PROPANE-1,2-DIONE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 3300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-FURAN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 12300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-3',4'-DIHYDROXYACETOPHENONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTAN-1-AL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 27300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-FUROATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,3-DIMETHYLPYRAZINE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 1800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYL-ACETATE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DIMETHYLPHENOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYL-FURFURAL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 86000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALKYLTHIAZOLES 0 Fruit not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 6000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 20000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-OXOGLUTARIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-OXOGLUTARIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-OXOGLUTARIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit Essent. Oil 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
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 8 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 343.
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *