Plant Acacia catechu (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
ASH	0	Leaf	not available	98000.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CATECHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	not available	27400.0	0.61	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	not available	726000.0	0.91	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHINS	1	Exocarp	25000.0	330000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHUIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHUTANNIC-ACID	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-XYLOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIAMINO-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DL-CATECHOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DL-EPICATECHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	not available	46000.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	not available	226000.0	0.80	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Addictive	1	Science News, 145: 294.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	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	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	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Martindale's 29th
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialcoholic	2	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.