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Table 1 Composition of Neem extracts from seeds, leaves, flowers

From: The bio-mechanical properties of coco wood applied with Neem extracts: a potential preservative for sustainable building in Marinduque, Philippines

Component

Part of Neem tree

Potential application

Source

Limonoids

Not specific to any part of the tree

Biopesticides

[21]

Azadirachitin

Seeds

Ability to repel pests such as locusts

[22]

Proline

Leaf

Ability for skin ailment cure

[23]

Lipids, proteins, parietal constituents

Seeds

Biofuel, and soaps

[24]

Terpenoids, pentcosane, octadecanol, tetracosane, β-germacrene, β- caryophyllene, verdiflorol

Flowers, leaves

Antioxidant, antibacterial, larvicidal deterrent

[25]