Plant Tamarindus indica (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
METHYL-FURAN	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	4100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-GLUTAMIC-ACID	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	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.
METHYLENEGLUTAMIC-ACID	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
METHYLENEGLUTAMINE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MUCILAGE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Fruit	1810.0	2640.0	-0.22	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRCENE	22	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	70.0	102.0	-0.26	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYLPYRROLE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	2800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTADECANE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
NIACIN	39	Flower	not available	60.0	-0.34	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NIACIN	39	Fruit	16.0	33.0	-0.37	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN	39	Leaf	not available	66.0	-0.38	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NONAN-1-AL	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	2300.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID	5	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	2200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	1810.0	2638.0	-0.46	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychogryphotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antioxaluric	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antioxidant	20	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant (LDL)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist	4	Merck 11th Edition
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.