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

Plant Acacia melanoxylon (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Blackwood
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
2,6-DIMETHOXY-1,4-BENZOQUINONE 0 Plant *
2-METHYL-6-METHOXY-FURANOBENZOQUINONE 0 Plant *
6-METHOXY-2-METHYL-3,5-DIHYDROBENZOFURANO-4,7-DIONE 0 Plant *
ACAMELIN 1 Plant *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant *
ANTHOCYANIDINS 10 Plant *
CELLULOSE 1 Plant *
DIHYDROSPINASTEROL 0 Wood *
FAT 0 Seed 76000.0 -1.00 *
FLAVAN-3,4-DIOL 0 Plant *
GIBBERELLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Plant *
LEUCOANTHOCYANINS 0 Plant *
METHANOL 2 Plant *
PHLOBAPHENE 0 Plant *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 394000.0 1.43 *
SPINASTEROL 0 Wood *
STIGMASTA-7,22-DIEN-3BETA-OL 0 Wood *
TANNIN 35 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acidulant 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 1 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 3 (View) *
Anticancer 2 (View) *
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 (View) Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Anticariogenic 1 (View) *
Antidermatitic 1 (View) *
Antidiarrheic 1 (View) *
Antidote 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antidysenteric 1 (View) *
Antidysmenorrheic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antielastase 1 (View) *
Antiflu 1 (View) Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Antihepatotoxic 2 (View) Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
AntiHIV 2 (View) *
Antihypertensive 1 (View) *