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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Terminalia bellirica (Combretaceae)

Common Names
Beleric Myrobalan; Bahera; Myrobalan Belleric; Myrobalan; Belleric
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
MANNITOL 18 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MANNOSE 3 Seed Singh, P., Sharma, S. 1997. Triterpenoid Constituents of the Seeds of Diospyros melanoxylon, Tecomella undulata and Terminalia bellirica. J. Indian Chem. Soc. 74 6: 504-505.
N-TETRATRIACONTANE 0 Fruit Ali, M. 1992. Chemical Examination of Fruits of Terminalia belerica Roxb. Orient. J. Chem. 8 3: 255-256.
N-TRITRIACONTANE 0 Fruit Ali, M. 1992. Chemical Examination of Fruits of Terminalia belerica Roxb. Orient. J. Chem. 8 3: 255-256.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 108025.0 301470.0 1.50 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OXALIC-ACID 9 Bark Bharadwaj, K., Chandra, V. 1983. Comparative Incidence of Calcium Oxalate as a Source of Oxalic Acid in Barks of Seven Species of Terminalia. Biol. Mem. 8 1/2: 54-62.
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 29500.0 82600.0 1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 2700.0 -0.42 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHYLLEMBLIN 2 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 86000.0 171180.0 -0.41 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 409000.0 1.56 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RHAMNOSE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SAPONIN 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STARCH 5 Leaf 99800.0 127000.0 2.44 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 40000.0 112000.0 1.86 *
SUCROSE 14 Seed Singh, P., Sharma, S. 1997. Triterpenoid Constituents of the Seeds of Diospyros melanoxylon, Tecomella undulata and Terminalia bellirica. J. Indian Chem. Soc. 74 6: 504-505.
SUGARS 0 Leaf 38400.0 53500.0 -0.95 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TANNIN 35 Bark 14000.0 70000.0 -0.62 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TANNIN 35 Fruit 170000.0 214000.0 1.15 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Myorelaxant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Nephrotoxic 2 Martindale's 29th
NO-Inhibitor 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 8 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Propecic 4 *
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Ahn, D., Putt, D., Kresty, L., Stoner, G. D., Fromm, D., Hollenberg, P. F. 1996. The Effects of Dietary Ellagic Acid on Rat Hepatic and Esophageal Mucosal Cytochromes P450 and Phase II Enzymes. Carcinogenesis, 17(4): 821-828.