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Plant Terminalia ivorensis (Combretaceae)

Common Names
Idigbo; Emire; Blackbark; Black Afara; Brimstonewood; Satinwood; Shinglewood
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Vasodilator 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229