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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
TERMINIC-ACID 0 Root Bark 2.0 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.
TERMINOIC-ACID 0 Bark 40.0 Ahmad, M. U., Mullah, K. B., Norin, T., Ulla, J. K. 1983. Terminoic Acid, a New Trihydroxytriterpene Carboxylic Acid from Bark of Terminalia arjuna. Indian J. Chem. 22B 8: 738-740.
TERMINOIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TERMINOLITIN 0 Fruit 19.3 Singh, B., Singh, V. P., Pandey, V. B., Rucker, G. 1995. A New Triterpene Glycoside from Terminalia arjuna. Planta Med. 61 6: 576-577.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 1 *
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide 1 *
Laxative 2 *
Leucocytogenic 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
MAPK-Inhibitor 1 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Mosquitocide 1 *
Myorelaxant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephrotoxic 2 Martindale's 29th
Neuroprotective 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Pesticide 12 *