Cedrus deodara (Roxb.ex.D.Don)

Common name : Devdar

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Taxonomical ID: 3322

Vernacular Names

1. Assamese : Mahaneem. Maha-neem 2. Bengali : Neem 3. English : Indian Lilac, Margosa, Margosa tree, Neem,Neem tree 4. Gujarati : Limba 5. Hindi : Neem 6. Irula : Veeppa, maram 7. Kannada : Bevu/ Kirubevu, Turakabevu 8. Malayalam : Ariyaveppu, Ayurveppu, Kaippanveppu , Nimbam, Vembu, Veppu 9. Marathi : Nimbay 10. Tamil : Sengumaru, Vembu, Veppa, Veppai 11. Telugu : Vepa Source : FRLHT’s ENVIS
Botanical Description

Azadirachta indica is a tropical evergreen of the MELIACEAE family that grows up to 25 m high. It has rough dark brown bark with wide longitudinal fissures separated by flat ridges. The leaves are compound, imparipinnate, each comprising 5-15 leaflets that are arranged in alternate pairs with terminal leaflets. The compound leaves are themselves alternating with one another. The thin, lanceolate leaflets measure about 6 cm long and 2 cm broad. It bears many flowered panicles, mostly in the leaf-axils. The sepals are ovate and about 1 cm long with sweet scented white oblanceolate petals. It produces yellow drupes that are ellipsoid and glabrous, 12-20 cm long. Source : Medicinal plants of the world: chemical constituents, traditional and modem medicinal uses by Ivan Ross (Volume 2 )
Conservation Status

Least concern source : IUCN
Medicinal uses

Hot water extract of the bark is taken orally by the adult female as a tonic and emmenagogue. The hot water extract of the dried fixed oil is taken orally as an emmenagogue. Anthraquinone fraction of the dried flower, fruit and leaf is taken orally for leprosy. Hot water extract of the flower and leaf is taken orally as an antihistorical remedy, and is used externally to treat wounds. The dried flowers are taken orally for diabetes. Hot water extract of the dried fruit is used for piles and externally for skin diseases and ulcers. Hot water extract of the entire plant is taken orally as an anthelmintic, an insecticide and a purgative. Juices of the bark of Andrographis paniculate, Azadirachta indica and Tinospora cordifolia are taken orally as a treatment for filariasis. Hot water extract of the bark is taken with water, orally before breakfast, for leprosy. The extract is also taken for fever and diabetes, and as a tonic, refrigerant, anthelmintic and antiperiodic. The fresh fruit is used externally for leprosy. Fruit, leaf and root, ground and mixed with dried ginger and "trifala", a preparation consisting of the powdered fruit of Terminalia bellerica (Gaertn.) Roxb., T. Chebula Retz, and Emblica officinalis Gaertn., is taken orally with lukewarm water to treat common fevers. Leaf juice is administered by intravenous infusion for chronic skin diseases, and is taken orally as an anthelmintic. Source : Medicinal Plants of the World

S.No	Phytochemical name	Phytochemical ID	Synonym	Part
1	Deodarin (3’, 4’, 5, 6‑tetrahydroxy‑8‑methyl‑dihydroflavonol)	N.A		Stem bark
2	Himachalol	CID_121536	(+)-2-Himachalen-7-ol	Wood
3	Centradol (2β, 7β‑dihydroxyhimachal‑3‑ene)	N.A
4	Isocentradol (4β, 7β‑dihydroxyhimachal‑2‑one)	N.A
5	Alpha -Himachalene	CID_11830551	N.A	Wood oil
6	beta-Himachalene	CID_11586487	N.A
7	Allohimachalol	CID_10585158	N.A
8	(+)‑longborenol	n.a
9	Atlantone	N.A		Wood
10	himaphenolone	N.A
18	dihydromyricetin	CID_161557	Ampelopsin
17	Cedeodarin (6‑methyltaxifolin)	N.A		Wood
16	dewarenol	N.A
15	Dewarol dewardiol	N.A
14	himadrol	N.A		Heartwood
13	atlantone‑2, 3‑diol	N.A
12	Deodardione	CID_71439784	N.A
11	atlantolone	CID_101949827	N.A
25	Alpha-bisabolol	CID_1549992	Bisabolol
24	Limonene	CID_22311	Dipentene
23	Beta-myrcene	CID_31253	MYRCENE
22	Beta-pinene	CID_14896	Pseudopinene Nopinene
21	Alpha ‑Pinene	CID_440968	N.A	Needle essential oil
20	cedrinoside	N.A
19	cedrin (6‑methyldihydromyrecetin)	N.A
26	β‑caryophyllene	CID_134971569	N.A
33	α‑muurolene	CID_250137072
32	germacrene D	CID_5317570	N.A
31	β‑himachalene	CID_11586487	Himachalene
30	γ‑muurolene	CID_6432308	Naphthalene
29	β‑humulene	CID_5318102	N.A
28	α‑himachalene	CID_319347531	N.A
27	β‑copaene	CID_87529	N.A
34	δ‑cadinene	CID_8145817	N.A
41	quercetin	CID_5280343	Meletin Sophoretin
40	2R, 3R‑dihydromyricetin	CID_161557	Ampelopsin
39	myricetin	CID_5281672	Cannabiscetin
38	Cedrusone A	N.A
37	3’,5’‑Di‑O‑methylmyricetin‑3‑O‑(6”‑O‑acetyl)‑α‑D‑glucopyranoside	N.A
36	Myrecetin‑3‑O‑(6”‑O‑E‑p‑coumaroyl)‑α‑D‑glucopyranoside	N.A
35	γ‑amorphene	CID_12313019
42	2R, 3R‑dihydroquercetin.	CID_439533	Taxifolin
49	1‑dodecanol	CID_8193	Dodecyl alcohol
48	caryophyllene oxide	CID_1742210	beta-Caryophyllene oxide
47	dodecanoic acid	CID_3893	lauric acid
46	linalyl propionate	CID_61098
45	α‑humulene	CID_348291562
44	trans‑caryophyllene	CID_5354499	E-.beta.-caryophyllene
43	α‑myrcene	CID_519324
50	4‑allyloxy‑2‑methyl penta‑en‑2‑ol	CID_156025180	N.A	Petroleum ether extract of needle
57	butyl ester of 5‑oxohexanethioic acid	N.A
56	caryophyllene oxide	CID_1742210	beta-Caryophyllene oxide
55	ethyl ester of dodecanoic acid	CID_7800
54	benzoic acid	CID_243
53	2‑methyl‑5‑phenyl‑5‑pentanonenitrile	CID_12717700
52	butyl acetate	CID_31272
51	2,2‑dimethylpentanal	N.A
58	arabinose	CID_439195	Arabino pyranose
60	xylose	CID_135191
59	mannose	CID_18950	D-Mannopyranose

The IC (50) values varied from 16.4 ng/mL to 116.03 microg/mL depending on the cell line.

Source : sinha.,2019

3D Phytochemicals

AMMPDB VER.1.1

Cedrus deodara (Roxb.ex.D.Don)

Common name : Devdar

Source : sinha.,2019