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Plant Terminalia ivorensis (Combretaceae)

Common Names
Idigbo; Emire; Blackbark; Black Afara; Brimstonewood; Satinwood; Shinglewood
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-GLYCYRRHETENIC-ACID 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Stem Bark not available not available not available Iwu, M. M., Anyanwu, B. N. 1982. Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Arthritic Properties of Terminalia ivorensis. Fitoterapia 53: 25-34.
GLYCYRRHETINIC-ACID 32 Stem Bark not available not available not available Iwu, M. M., Anyanwu, B. N. 1982. Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Arthritic Properties of Terminalia ivorensis. Fitoterapia 53: 25-34.
LONCHOTERPENE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LONCHOTERPENE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Iwu, M. M., Anyanwu, B. N. 1982. Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Arthritic Properties of Terminalia ivorensis. Fitoterapia 53: 25-34.
QUERCETIN 176 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Stem Bark not available not available not available Iwu, M. M., Anyanwu, B. N. 1982. Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Arthritic Properties of Terminalia ivorensis. Fitoterapia 53: 25-34.
SERICIC-ACID 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Iwu, M. M., Anyanwu, B. N. 1982. Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Arthritic Properties of Terminalia ivorensis. Fitoterapia 53: 25-34.
TERMINOLIC-ACID 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERMINOLIC-ACID 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Iwu, M. M., Anyanwu, B. N. 1982. Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Arthritic Properties of Terminalia ivorensis. Fitoterapia 53: 25-34.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAddisonian 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 333.
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *