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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
L-(+)-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Fruit Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LACTIC-ACID 8 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed Oil *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Seed *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Seed Oil *
LIMONENE 60 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.
LINALOOL 53 Fruit Essent. Oil 1000.0 -0.73 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 590.0 860.0 -0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 27840.0 34336.0 -0.62 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed Oil *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 1390.0 2026.0 -0.54 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 920.0 1341.0 -0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 710.0 -1.32 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 10000.0 -0.30 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf 15000.0 0.60 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
METHIONAL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 1700.0 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 140.0 204.0 -0.93 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHOXYL 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Osteolytic 1 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 2 *
P450-Inducer 2 *
Pancreatogenic 1 *
Parasiticide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pediculicide 1 Merck 11th Edition
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 19 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 2 *
Pesticide 38 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Progesteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant 3 *
Propecic 4 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor 1 *
Protisticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Psychoactive 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.