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
(+)-AFZELICHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ACACATECHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-(BETA-L-ARABOPYRANOSIDE)-L-ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHOXYFLAVONES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-(4-O-METHYL-ALPHA-D-GLUCURONOSIDE)-L-ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-PIPECOLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-(BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSIDE)-L-ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7,3',4'-TRIHYDROXY-8-METHOXYFLAVONOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7,3,4-TRIHYDROXY-3,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7,8,14'-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7,8,3',4-TETRAHYDROXY-3-METHOXYFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7,8,4-TRIHYDROXY-3-METHOXYFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-METHOXYFISETIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-METHOXYFLAVONE-3,4-DIONES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACACATECHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALDOBIURONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMINO-BETA-OXALYLAMINO-PROPIONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CATECHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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
Hepatomagenic	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	7	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210.
Hepatotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	3	Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hyperglycemic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic	3	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypotensive	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	3	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunosuppressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	1	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Insectiphile	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulin-Sparing	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).