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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
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 *
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
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 3 Matsukawa, Y., et al. The Effect of Quercetin and Other Flavonoids on Cell Cycle Progresssion and Growth of Human Gastric Cancer Cells. Planta Medica, 56(6): 677, 1990.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Detoxicant 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 2 Merck 11th Edition
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
FLavor 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungicide 5 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(+)icide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 4 Duke, 1992 *