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Plant Acacia catechu (Fabaceae)

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 *
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
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator 7 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 2 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 4 Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229