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
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).