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
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