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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
ASH 0 Leaf 98000.0 -0.37 *
BETA-CATECHIN 0 Plant *
BORON 4 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 27400.0 0.61 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 726000.0 0.91 *
CATECHINS 1 Exocarp 25000.0 330000.0 *
CATECHUIC-ACID 0 Plant *
CATECHUTANNIC-ACID 0 Gum *
COBALT 2 Plant *
D-ARABINOSE 0 Plant *
D-GALACTOSE 0 Plant *
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
D-XYLOSE 0 Plant *
DIAMINO-ACID 0 Plant *
DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL 0 Plant *
DL-CATECHOL 0 Plant *
DL-EPICATECHIN 0 Plant *
EPICATECHOL 0 Plant *
FAT 0 Leaf 46000.0 -0.21 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 226000.0 0.80 *
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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.