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Plant Terminalia arjuna (Combretaceae)

Common Names
Arjun; Arjuna
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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
(+)-CATECHOL 4 Bark not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available 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 not available 500.0 not available 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 not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available 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 not available 4.0 not available 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 not available 27.6 not available 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 not available 190.3 not available 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 not available not available not available 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 not available 50.0 not available 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 not available not available not available Singh, B., Pandey, V. B. 1995. Constituents of Terminalia arjuna Fruits. Orient. J. Chem. 11 2: 185-186.
ARACHIDIC-STEARATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available 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 not available 12.0 not available 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 not available Duke, 1992 *
ARJUNETIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available 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 not available 10.0 not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARJUNGLUCOSIDE I 0 Bark not available 280.0 not available 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 not available 3.0 not available 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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 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 Martindale's 29th
Analgesic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 2 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 1 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 Duke, 1992 *