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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae)

Common Names
Indian Almond, Tropical Almond, Malabar Almond
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Bark ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Bark ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
1-DEGALLOYL-EUGENIIN 0 Leaf 195.0 -1.00 Tanaka,T.,Nonaka,G. I.,Nishioka,I.1986.Tannins and Related Compounds.XLII.Isolation and Characterization of Four New Hydrolyzable Tannins, Terflavins A & B, Tergallagin and Tercatain from the Leaves of Terminalia catappa L. Chem Pharm Bull 34 3: 1039-1049
2,3-(4,4',5,5',6,6'-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL)-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 625.0 Tanaka,T.,Nonaka,G. I.,Nishioka,I.1986.Tannins and Related Compounds.XLII.Isolation and Characterization of Four New Hydrolyzable Tannins, Terflavins A & B, Tergallagin and Tercatain from the Leaves of Terminalia catappa L. Chem Pharm Bull 34 3: 1039-1049
3,3',4-TRI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 3 Bark Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
3,3'-DI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 0 Bark Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 0.0 4770.0 -0.19 *
ARJUNOLIC-ACID 5 Bark Diyabalanaga, T. K. K., Jayasinghe, U. L. B., Simmonds, P. M., Wannigama, G. P., Wickramasinghe, A. 1997. Chemical Investigation of Terminalia catappa. Acgc. Chem. Res. Commun. 6: 26-28.
ARJUNOLIC-ACID-28-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bark Diyabalanaga, T. K. K., Jayasinghe, U. L. B., Simmonds, P. M., Wannigama, G. P., Wickramasinghe, A. 1997. Chemical Investigation of Terminalia catappa. Acgc. Chem. Res. Commun. 6: 26-28.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 -0.34 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Seed 24000.0 43000.0 -0.15 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 1.8 -0.15 Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 -0.43 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark Diyabalanaga, T. K. K., Jayasinghe, U. L. B., Simmonds, P. M., Wannigama, G. P., Wickramasinghe, A. 1997. Chemical Investigation of Terminalia catappa. Acgc. Chem. Res. Commun. 6: 26-28.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark Diyabalanaga, T. K. K., Jayasinghe, U. L. B., Simmonds, P. M., Wannigama, G. P., Wickramasinghe, A. 1997. Chemical Investigation of Terminalia catappa. Acgc. Chem. Res. Commun. 6: 26-28.
BREVIFOLIN-CARBOXYLIC-ACID 1 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CALCIUM 28 Seed 320.0 5100.0 0.18 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 149000.0 179000.0 -1.37 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CHEBULAGIC-ACID 8 Leaf 55.0 -1.00 Tanaka,T.,Nonaka,G. I.,Nishioka,I.1986.Tannins and Related Compounds.XLII.Isolation and Characterization of Four New Hydrolyzable Tannins, Terflavins A & B, Tergallagin and Tercatain from the Leaves of Terminalia catappa L. Chem Pharm Bull 34 3: 1039-1049
CORILAGIN 13 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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