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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METHYL-FURAN | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 4100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-GLUTAMIC-ACID | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| METHYL-SALICYLATE | 21 | 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. |
| METHYLENEGLUTAMIC-ACID | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| METHYLENEGLUTAMINE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUFA | 13 | Fruit | 1810.0 | 2640.0 | -0.22 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | 70.0 | 102.0 | -0.26 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-METHYLPYRROLE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 2800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-OCTADECANE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 1500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | 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. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Flower | not available | 60.0 | -0.34 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NIACIN | 39 | Fruit | 16.0 | 33.0 | -0.37 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| NIACIN | 39 | Leaf | not available | 66.0 | -0.38 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NONAN-1-AL | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-1-OL | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 2300.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTANOIC-ACID | 5 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 2200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Fruit | 1810.0 | 2638.0 | -0.46 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| 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. |