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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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
Antiallergenic	1	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antianemic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antianginal	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarthritic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiasthmatic	3	Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer	4	Duke, 1992 *