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
Teratogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyroid-Peroxidase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tracheorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer	4	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal	4	Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	5	Duke, 1992 *
Tumor-Promoter	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	2	HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier	1	Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *