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Plant Acacia catechu (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Black Cutch; Catechu
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
PHLOBATANNIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf not available 1700.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf not available 130000.0 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETAGETIN 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TAXIFOLIN 17 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *