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TTabanus fulvus, Tamarindus indica,Taraxacum officinale, Telfaria occidentalis, Terminalia chebula, Tetraclinis articulata Benth, Teucrium polium , Tinospora cordifolia, Tournefortia hirsutissima, Tribulus terrestris, Trichosanthes cucumerina, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Turnera diffusa, Telfaria occidentalis, Teramnus labialis, Terminalia bellirica, Tetrapleura tetraptera, Thunbergia laurifolia Linn, Tinospora crispa, Tragia involucrate, Tricosanthes anguina,Trichosanthes kirilowii

Tamarindus indica

 Taxonomy:                                                                                            Kingdom  : Plantae

                                                                                                                 Division   : Magnoliophyta

                                                                                                                 Class        : Liliopsida

                                                                                                                 Order        : Fabales

                                                                                                                 Family      : Fabaceae

                                                                                                                 Genus       :Tamarindus .

 

Chemical Composition:

Tamarind seeds comprised only procyanidins, represented (%) mainly by oligomeric procyanidin tetramer (30.2), procyanidin hexamer (23.8), procyanidin trimer (18.1), procyanidin pentamer (17.6) with lower amounts of procyanidin B2 (5.5) and (-)-epicatechin (4.8), Major defense proteins Lectins, Chitinases, and Glycohydrolases.

 

Part used : Seeds, pericarp and leaves

 

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