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Terminalia arjuna (Combretaceae)

Common Names
Arjun; Arjuna
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHOL 4 Bark Madhusudanamma, W., Sastry, K. N. S., Rao, V. S. S., Reddy, K. K. 1980. Isolation of Flavan-3-ols from Terminalia arjuna Bark. Leather Sci (Madras) 27: 199-200.
(+)-GALLOCATECHOL 0 Bark Madhusudanamma, W., Sastry, K. N. S., Rao, V. S. S., Reddy, K. K. 1980. Isolation of Flavan-3-ols from Terminalia arjuna Bark. Leather Sci (Madras) 27: 199-200.
(+)-LEUCOCYANIDIN 0 Bark Row, L. R. 1970. Chemical Examination of Terminalia Species. XIII. Isolation aand Structure Determination of Arjunetin from Terminalia arjuna. Indian J. Chem. 8: 772.
(+)-LEUCODELPHINIDIN 0 Heart Wood 500.0 Row, L. R., Subba, Rao, G. S. R. 1962. Chemistry of Terminalia Species. Part IV. Chemical Examination of T. arjuna: Isolation of Arjunolic Acid Saponin and (+) Leucodelphinidin. J. Indian Chem. Soc. 39: 89.
(+)-LEUCODELPHINIDIN 0 Wood ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
1,2,3,4,6-PENTAGALLOYLGLUCOSE 0 Leaf Kandil, F. E., Nassar, M. I. 1998. A Tannin Anti-Cancer Promotor from Terminalia arjuna. Phytochemistry 47 8: 1567-1568.
2',4',5,7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Fruit 4.0 Nagar, A., Gujral, V. K., Gupta, S. R. 1979. A New Flavone from Terminalia arjuna Fruits. Phytochemistry 18: 1245-.
2,3(S)-HHDP-6-O-GALLOYL-D-GLUCOSE 0 Bark 27.6 Lin, T. C., Ma, Y. T., Hsu, F. L. 1996. Tannins from the Bark of Terminalia arjuna. Zhonghua Yaoxue Zashi 48 1: 25-35.
2,3(S)-HHDP-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bark 190.3 Lin, T. C., Ma, Y. T., Hsu, F. L. 1996. Tannins from the Bark of Terminalia arjuna. Zhonghua Yaoxue Zashi 48 1: 25-35.
2,3,4,6-TETRAGALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf Kandil, F. E., Nassar, M. I. 1998. A Tannin Anti-Cancer Promotor from Terminalia arjuna. Phytochemistry 47 8: 1567-1568.
8-HYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Root Bark 50.0 Anjaneyulu, A. S. R., Rama Prasad, A. V. 1982. Chemical Examination of Roots of Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arnot: Part I-Characterization of Two New Triterpenoid Glycosides. Indian J. Chem. 21B 6: 530-533.
AFRORMOSIN 3 Fruit Singh, B., Pandey, V. B. 1995. Constituents of Terminalia arjuna Fruits. Orient. J. Chem. 11 2: 185-186.
ARACHIDIC-STEARATE 0 Fruit Ahmad, M. U., Mullah, K. B., Saha, K. C. 1982. Hentriacontane, Arachidic Stearate and Myristyl Oleate from the Fruits of Terminalia arjuna Bedd. J. Bangladesh Acad. Sci. 6 1/2: 61-65.
ARJUNAGENIN 0 Bark 12.0 Honda, T., Murae, T., Tsuyuki, T., Takahashi, T., Sawai, M. 1976. Arjungenin, Arjunglucoside I, and Arjunglucoside II, a New Triterpene and New Triterpene Glucosides from Terminalia arjuna. Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 49: 3213-.
ARJUNETIN 0 Bark 1100.0 1600.0 *
ARJUNETIN 0 Leaf Chauhan, S. M. S., Parkash, S., Kaushik, R. 1997. Isolation of 3-beta-hydroxyolean-12-ene and Related Triterpenoids from the Leaves of Terminalia arjuna. Indian J. Chem. 36B 3: 297-298.
ARJUNETIN 0 Root Bark 10.0 Anjaneyulu, A. S. R., Rama Prasad, A. V. 1982. Chemical Examination of the Roots of Terminalia arjuna-The Structures of Arjunoside 3 and Arjunoside 4, Two New Triterpenoid Glycosides. Phytochemisty 21: 2057-2060.
ARJUNGENIN 0 Bark *
ARJUNGLUCOSIDE I 0 Bark 280.0 Honda, T., Murae, T., Tsuyuki, T., Takahashi, T., Sawai, M. 1976. Arjungenin, Arjunglucoside I, and Arjunglucoside II, a New Triterpene and New Triterpene Glucosides from Terminalia arjuna. Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 49: 3213-.
ARJUNGLUCOSIDE I 0 Root Bark 3.0 Anjaneyulu, A. S. R., Rama Prasad, A. V. 1982. Chemical Examination of the Roots of Terminalia arjuna-The Structures of Arjunoside 3 and Arjunoside 4, Two New Triterpenoid Glycosides. Phytochemisty 21: 2057-2060.

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12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 2 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) Kohda, H., Tanaka, S., Yamaoka, Y., Yahara, S., Nohara, T., Tanimoto, T., Tanaka, A. 1989. Studies on Lens-Aldose-Reductase Inhibitor in Medicinal Plants.II Active Constituents of Monochasma savatierii FRANCH, et MAXIM. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(11):3153-3154
Allergenic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 2 (View) ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 1 (View) Butenko, I.G., Gladtchenko, S.V., and Galushko, S.V. Anti-inflammatory properties and inhibition of leukotriene C4 biosynthesis in vitro by flavonoid baicalein from Scutellaria baicalensis georgy roots. Agents Actions 39: C49, 1993.
AntiAIDS 1 (View) *