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

Common Names
Tamarind; Kilytree; Indian Tamarind
How this plant is used
Food

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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
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit 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-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit Essent. Oil 1100.0 -0.91 *
ARABINOSE 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Fruit Essent. Oil 900000.0 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Flower 600.0 -0.65 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 24.0 585.0 -0.25 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 263.0 -0.42 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Flower 35000.0 -0.76 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Fruit 27000.0 39358.0 -0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Leaf 26000.0 73000.0 -0.81 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Seed 25000.0 32000.0 -0.48 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed Oil *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Flower 10.0 -0.47 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 1.0 -0.15 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 2.0 110.0 -0.66 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 5000.0 -0.65 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Fruit Essent. Oil 3000.0 -0.68 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insulinogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 *
Irritant 17 *
Keratitigenic 1 *
Keratolytic 2 Martindale's 28th
Larvicide 1 *
Larvistat 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 5 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Lipolytic 1 *
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *