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
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MALIC-ACID-DIBUTYRATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(2-FURANYL)-PROPANE-1,2-DIONE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	3300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-FURAN	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	12300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-3',4'-DIHYDROXYACETOPHENONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTAN-1-AL	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	27300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-FUROATE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,3-DIMETHYLPYRAZINE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	1800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYL-ACETATE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DIMETHYLPHENOL	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYL-FURFURAL	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	86000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	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.
ALKYLTHIAZOLES	0	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.
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	6000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	20000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-OXOGLUTARIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-OXOGLUTARIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-OXOGLUTARIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Refrigerant	1	Martindale's 28th
Renoirritant	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Renotoxic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor	1	McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Rodenticide	3	Martindale's 29th
Scabicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative	9	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Sequestrant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotoninergic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue	1	Martindale's 29th
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Spasmolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	3	Martindale's 28th
Sprout-Inhibitor	1	Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.