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Mallotus philippensis 

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Common name : kamal,Kabila
  • 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
2D Structure
3D structure
1
Coroglaucigenin
CID_12302399
N.A
Seeds
2
Corotoxigenin
CID_12302397
3,14-Dihydroxy-19-oxocard-20(22)-enolide, (3.beta.,5.alpha.)-
Seeds
3
Coroglaucigenin L-rhamnoside
N.A
Seeds
4
Corotoxigenin L-rhamnoside
Seeds
5
Betulin
CID_72326
Betulinol Trochol Betuline
Stem bark
6
Betulin-3-acetate
CID_479957
3-Acetylbetulin
Heartwood
7
Lupeol
CID_259846
Fagarasterol Clerodol Monogynol B
Heart wood
8
Lupeol acetate
CID_92157
Lupeyl acetate 3-Acetyllupeol
Heart wood
9
Friedelin
CID_91472
Friedeline
Stem bark
10
2β-hydroxy-D: A-friedooleanan-3-one
N.A
Stem bark
11
3-hydroxy-D: A-friedoolean- 3-en-2-one
N.A
Stem bark
12
3α-hydroxy-D: A-friedooleanan-2-one
N.A
Stem bark
13
Acetylaleuritolic acid
CID_161616
Maprounic Acid Acetate 3-acetylaleuritolic acid
Bark
14
Kamaladiol
N.A
Stem bark
15
2β-acetoxy-22β-hydroxy olean-18-ene or Kamaladiol-3-acetate
N.A
Stem bark
16
α-amyrine
CID_73170
Viminalol
Bark
17
Kamalachalcone A
N.A
Fruit
18
Kamalachalcone B
N.A
Fruit
25
Isorottlerin
CID_5318656
N.A
Fruit
24
Isoallorottlerin
N.A
Fruit
23
4'-hydroxy-isorottlerin
CID_5318333
N.A
Fruit
22
Rottlerin
CID_5281847
Kamalin
Fruit
21
Kamalachalcone E
N.A
Fruit
20
Kamalachalcone D
CID_101721040
N.A
Fruit
19
Kamalachalcone C
CID_101721039
N.A
Fruit
34
8-cinnamoyl-5,7-dihydroxy-2,2,6-trimethylchromene
CID_85441307
N.A
Flower
33
8-cinnamoyl-2,2-dimethyl-7-hydroxy-5-methoxychromene
N.A
Flower
32
Mallotophilippen F
N.A
Flower
31
Mallotophilippen E
CID_10458296
N.A
Fruit
30
Mallotophilippen D
CID_9983046
N.A
Fruit
29
Mallotophilippen C
CID_10050581
N.A
Fruit
28
Mallotophilippen B
CID_10205431
Fruit
27
Mallotophilippen A
CID_10185281
N.A
Fruit
26
Methylene-bis-methyl phloro acetophenone
N.A
Fruit
35
5, 7-dihydroxy-8-methyl-6-prenylflavanone
CID_42607875
N.A
Fruit powder kamala
36
6, 6-dimethylpyrano (2'', 3'': 7, 6)-5-hydroxy-8-methylflavanone
N.A
Fruit powder kamala
37
3'-prenylrubranine
CID_42607682
Fruit
38
Bergenin
CID_66065
N.A
Heartwood, bark and leaves
39
11-O-Galloylbergenin
CID_56680102
Stem wood
40
6-O-Galloylbergenin
N.A
Leaves
41
Norbergenin
CID_73192
N.A
Leaves
42
3-O-galloylnorbergenin
N.A
Leaves
43
Tergallic acid dilactone
N.A
Leaves
44
Corilagin
CID_73568
Leaves
45
Geraniin
CID_3001497
Leaves
46
Furosin
CID_10416810
N.A
Leaves
47
Mallotinic acid
CID_10056140
N.A
Leaves
48
Mallotusinic acid
CID_16131237
Leaves
49
Flavogallonic acid
CID_71308199
N.A
Leaves
50
Brevifolin carboxylic acid
CID_9838995
Leaves
51
2,3-(S)-hexahydroxy diphenoyl-D-glucose
N.A
Leaves
52
Repandusinic acid A monopotassium salt
N.A
Leaves
53
α-Kamlolenic acid
CID_5282949
Seed
54
β-Kamlolenic acid
CID_5282950
N.A
Seed
55
Linolenic acid
CID_5280934
alpha-Linolenic acid
Seed
56
Oleic acid
CID_ 445639
N.A
Seed
57
Eicosenoic acid
N.A
Seed
58
Palmitic acid
CID_985
Seed
59
Stearic acid
CID_5281
Seed
60
β-Sitosterol
CID_222284
Sitosterol Cupreol Azuprostat
Seed
61
Daucosterol
CID_5742590
Seed

Compounds rottlerin and shikimic acid exhibited promising inhibitory activity with IC50 values of 0.89 ± 0.33 µg/mL (MIC 2.06 ± 0.41 µg/ mL) and 7.59 ± 0.42 µg/mL (MIC 11.56 ± 0.35 µg/mL), respectively.

Source : Kumar et al.,2021

Disclaimer: The main motive behind the construction of this database is to compile information from the scientific literature on Indian medicinal plants to aid ongoing research efforts in the field of computational drug discovery.The curated data should be used only for research purposes and not for any self-diagnosis or any medical treatment.

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