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
(-)-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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Cancer-Preventive	31	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	9	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	5	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective	6	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	2	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	4	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choline-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chronotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulatory-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	5	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.
CNS-Paralytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.