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
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	16320.0	20128.0	-0.81	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTIN	4	Leaf	not available	12.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	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.
OXALIC-ACID	9	Leaf	1000.0	1960.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
OXALO-SUCCINIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALO-SUCCINIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALO-SUCCINIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALOACETIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALOACETIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALOACETIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	1680.0	2449.0	-0.33	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	1.0	2.0	-1.03	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN	24	Fruit	20000.0	25000.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENT-3-EN-2-ONE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENT-4-EN-2-ONE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTANE-2,3-DIONE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	4400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Osteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	38	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
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.