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

Plant Acacia tortilis (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Umbrella Thorn
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
(+)-CATECHOL 4 Plant *
(+)-GALLOCATECHOL 0 Plant *
4-HYDROXY-PIPECOLIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ALDOBIOURONIC-ACID 0 Gum *
APIGENIN-6,8-BIS-C-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ASH 0 Fruit 51000.0 57000.0 0.01 *
ASH 0 Leaf 87000.0 -0.56 *
ASH 0 Seed 59000.0 0.33 *
BETULIN 13 Heart Wood Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Stem Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 7900.0 0.93 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 22700.0 0.29 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 5600.0 0.27 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 462500.0 739000.0 -0.23 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 660000.0 0.38 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 506000.0 -0.07 *
DJENKOLIC-ACID 0 Seed *
FAT 0 Fruit 24400.0 31000.0 -0.40 *
FAT 0 Leaf 61000.0 0.09 *
FAT 0 Seed 60000.0 -1.08 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiallergenic 1 (View) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 1 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antianxiety 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antiarthritic 1 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 2 (View) Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antiatherosclerotic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 4 (View) *
Antibronchitic 1 (View) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer 2 (View) *
Anticarcinomic 2 (View) *
Anticariogenic 1 (View) *