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

Common Names

Tamarind; Kilytree; Indian Tamarind

How this plant is used

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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
TAMARINDUL-GALACTOXYLOGLUCAN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TAMARINDUS-OLIGOSACCHARIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Bark	not available	70000.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TANNIN	35	Bl	not available	70000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Fruit	80000.0	180000.0	2.55	Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Leaf	120000.0	280000.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Flower	not available	4.0	-0.38	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	2.0	9.0	0.47	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	not available	4.0	-0.90	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	180.0	262.0	-0.83	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
URONIC-ACID	0	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.
VITEXIN	18	Leaf	not available	28.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	not available	314000.0	-1.99	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anxiolytic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Ascaricide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	2	Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447.
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchosedative	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	3	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).