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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
ARJUNGLUCOSIDE-II 0 Bark 630.0 933.3 *
ARJUNGLUCOSIDE-II 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.
ARJUNGLUCOSIDE-III 0 Bark 42.6 Tsuyuki, T., Hamada, Y., Honda, T., Takahashi, T., Matsushita, K. 1979. A New Triterpene Glucoside from Terminalia arjuna. Arjunglucoside III. Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 52 10: 3127-3128.
ARJUNGLUCOSIDES 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ARJUNIC-ACID 0 Bark 160.0 *
ARJUNIC-ACID 0 Flower 10.0 Tripathi, V. K., Pandey, V. B., Udupa, K. N., Rucker, G. 1992. Arjunolitin, a Triterpene Glycoside from Terminalia arjuna. Phytochemistry 31 1: 349-351.
ARJUNIC-ACID 0 Leaf 10.0 Tripathi, V. K., Pandey, V. B., Udupa, K. N., Rucker, G. 1992. Arjunolitin, a Triterpene Glycoside from Terminalia arjuna. Phytochemistry 31 1: 349-351.
ARJUNIC-ACID 0 Root Bark 150.0 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.
ARJUNIC-ACID 0 Seed 10.0 Tripathi, V. K., Pandey, V. B., Udupa, K. N., Rucker, G. 1992. Arjunolitin, a Triterpene Glycoside from Terminalia arjuna. Phytochemistry 31 1: 349-351.
ARJUNIC-ACID 0 Stem 10.0 Tripathi, V. K., Pandey, V. B., Udupa, K. N., Rucker, G. 1992. Arjunolitin, a Triterpene Glycoside from Terminalia arjuna. Phytochemistry 31 1: 349-351.
ARJUNIN 0 Leaf Kandil, F. E., Nassar, M. I. 1998. A Tannin Anti-Cancer Promotor from Terminalia arjuna. Phytochemistry 47 8: 1567-1568.
ARJUNOLIATIN 0 Flower 100.0 Tripathi, V. K., Pandey, V. B., Udupa, K. N., Rucker, G. 1992. Arjunolitin, a Triterpene Glycoside from Terminalia arjuna. Phytochemistry 31 1: 349-351.
ARJUNOLIATIN 0 Leaf 100.0 Tripathi, V. K., Pandey, V. B., Udupa, K. N., Rucker, G. 1992. Arjunolitin, a Triterpene Glycoside from Terminalia arjuna. Phytochemistry 31 1: 349-351.
ARJUNOLIATIN 0 Seed 100.0 Tripathi, V. K., Pandey, V. B., Udupa, K. N., Rucker, G. 1992. Arjunolitin, a Triterpene Glycoside from Terminalia arjuna. Phytochemistry 31 1: 349-351.
ARJUNOLIATIN 0 Stem 100.0 Tripathi, V. K., Pandey, V. B., Udupa, K. N., Rucker, G. 1992. Arjunolitin, a Triterpene Glycoside from Terminalia arjuna. Phytochemistry 31 1: 349-351.
ARJUNOLIC-ACID 5 Bark 150.0 *
ARJUNOLIC-ACID 5 Flower 15.5 Tripathi, V. K., Pandey, V. B., Udupa, K. N., Rucker, G. 1992. Arjunolitin, a Triterpene Glycoside from Terminalia arjuna. Phytochemistry 31 1: 349-351.
ARJUNOLIC-ACID 5 Heart Wood 8000.0 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.
ARJUNOLIC-ACID 5 Leaf 15.5 -1.00 *
ARJUNOLIC-ACID 5 Root Bark 10.0 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticarcinomic 3 *
Anticariogenic 3 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticataract 2 Shimizu, M., Horie, S., Terashima, S., Ueno, H., et al. 1989. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Natural Products.II. Active Components of a Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Para-parai mi,' Phyllanthus niruri. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(9): 2531-2532, 1989.
Anticolitic 1 *
Anticomplement 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary 1 *
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 *
Antidiabetic 1 *
Antidiarrheic 1 *
Antidote (Strychnine) 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antidysenteric 1 *
AntiEBV 1 *
Antiedemic 5 *
Antiescherichic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antiflu 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.