Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Acacia catechu (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Black Cutch, Catechu
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-AFZELICHIN 0 Plant *
(-)-ACACATECHIN 0 Plant *
(-)-EPICATECHOL 0 Plant *
3-(BETA-L-ARABOPYRANOSIDE)-L-ARABINOSE 0 Plant *
3-METHOXYFLAVONES 0 Plant *
4-(4-O-METHYL-ALPHA-D-GLUCURONOSIDE)-L-ARABINOSE 0 Plant *
4-HYDROXY-PIPECOLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
5-(BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSIDE)-L-ARABINOSE 0 Plant *
7,3',4'-TRIHYDROXY-8-METHOXYFLAVONOL 0 Plant *
7,3,4-TRIHYDROXY-3,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
7,8,14'-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONOL 0 Plant *
7,8,3',4-TETRAHYDROXY-3-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
7,8,4-TRIHYDROXY-3-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
8-METHOXYFISETIN 0 Plant *
8-METHOXYFLAVONE-3,4-DIONES 0 Plant *
ACACATECHIN 0 Plant *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Plant *
ALDOBIURONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALPHA-AMINO-BETA-OXALYLAMINO-PROPIONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALPHA-CATECHIN 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Addictive 1 (View) Science News, 145: 294.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 2 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 2 (View) *
Antiaggregant 4 (View) *
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antialcoholic 2 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.