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Common Names
Tamarind; Kilytree; Indian Tamarind
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | 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. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Fruit | not available | 3350.0 | 3.61 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Flower | not available | 2650.0 | -0.86 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 170.0 | 2829.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 1053.0 | 23000.0 | 0.31 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | not available | 1210.0 | -0.54 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CALCIUM-PECTATE | 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. |
| CALCIUM-TARTRATE | 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. |
| CARBOHYDRATE | 0 | Flower | not available | 750000.0 | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARBOHYDRATE | 0 | Fruit | 625000.0 | 925000.0 | 1.57 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CARBOHYDRATE | 0 | Leaf | 706000.0 | 750000.0 | 1.57 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARBOHYDRATE | 0 | Seed | 651000.0 | 740000.0 | 0.85 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Flower | not available | 750000.0 | 0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 625000.0 | 925000.0 | 0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 706000.0 | 750000.0 | 1.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 651000.0 | 740000.0 | 0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 5000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CELLULOSE | 1 | Fruit | 18000.0 | 32000.0 | -0.33 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Leaf | not available | 940.0 | -0.53 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Histaminic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 3 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypnotic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 15 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 7 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypothermic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 14 | Bowers, W.S., Ortego, F., You, X., and Evans, P.H. Insect Repellents From The Chinese Prickly Ash Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Journal of Natural Products, 56(6): 935-938, 1993. |
| Insectiphile | 3 | J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986. |
| Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |