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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
CASUARIIN 0 Bark 96.1 Lin, T. C., Ma, Y. T., Hsu, F. L. 1996. Tannins from the Bark of Terminalia arjuna. Zhonghua Yaoxue Zashi 48 1: 25-35.
CASUARININ 4 Bark 98.0 Lin, T. C., Ma, Y. T., Hsu, F. L. 1996. Tannins from the Bark of Terminalia arjuna. Zhonghua Yaoxue Zashi 48 1: 25-35.
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Fruit Singh, B., Pandey, V. B. 1995. Constituents of Terminalia arjuna Fruits. Orient. J. Chem. 11 2: 185-186.
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Bark 250.0 -1.00 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Heart Wood 250.0 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.
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf Kandil, F. E., Nassar, M. I. 1998. A Tannin Anti-Cancer Promotor from Terminalia arjuna. Phytochemistry 47 8: 1567-1568.
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 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.
EPICATECHOL 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.
EPIGALLOCATECHOL 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.
FIBER 15 Leaf 77800.0 -1.04 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FRIEDELIN 2 Bark *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf Kandil, F. E., Nassar, M. I. 1998. A Tannin Anti-Cancer Promotor from Terminalia arjuna. Phytochemistry 47 8: 1567-1568.
GALLIC-ACID 62 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.
GALLIC-ACID 62 Shoot 7.5 -0.73 Pettit, G. R., Hoard, M. S., Doubek, D. L., Schmidt, J. M., Pettit, R. K., Tackett, L. P., Chapuis, J. C. 1996. Antineoplastic Agents 338. The Cancer Cell Growth Inhibitory Constituents of Terminalia arjuna (Combretaceae). J. Ethnopharmacol. 53 1: 57-63.
GALLIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 1 Shoot 0.1 Pettit, G. R., Hoard, M. S., Doubek, D. L., Schmidt, J. M., Pettit, R. K., Tackett, L. P., Chapuis, J. C. 1996. Antineoplastic Agents 338. The Cancer Cell Growth Inhibitory Constituents of Terminalia arjuna (Combretaceae). J. Ethnopharmacol. 53 1: 57-63.
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Root Bark 6.0 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.
LUTEOLIN 78 Shoot 0.9 -0.71 Pettit, G. R., Hoard, M. S., Doubek, D. L., Schmidt, J. M., Pettit, R. K., Tackett, L. P., Chapuis, J. C. 1996. Antineoplastic Agents 338. The Cancer Cell Growth Inhibitory Constituents of Terminalia arjuna (Combretaceae). J. Ethnopharmacol. 53 1: 57-63.
MANNITOL 18 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MASLINIC-ACID 6 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.
MYRISTYL-OLEATE 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Fukutake, M., Yokota, S., Kawamura, H., Iizuka, A., Amagaya, S., Fukuda, K., Komatsu, Y. 1998. Inhibitory effect of Coptidis rhizoma adn Scutellariae radix on azoxymethane-induced aberrant crypt foci formation in rat colon. Biol Pharm Bull, 21(8): 814-817
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 4 *
Cytotoxic 3 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 359.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Detoxicant 1 *
Differentiator 1 *
Diuretic 7 *
Elastase-Inhibitor 1 *
Emetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Estrogenic 2 *
Fatal 2 Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Flatugenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Floral-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungicide 2 *
Gastroprotective 1 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 2 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 1 *