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
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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTIN	4	Leaf	not available	12.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	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.
OXALIC-ACID	9	Leaf	1000.0	1960.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
OXALO-SUCCINIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALO-SUCCINIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALO-SUCCINIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALOACETIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALOACETIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALOACETIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENT-3-EN-2-ONE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENT-4-EN-2-ONE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTANE-2,3-DIONE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	4400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	4	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiulcer	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiurease	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaginitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antiwrinkle	1	Martindale's 28th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antixerotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiyeast	1	Duke, 1992 *