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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.
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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
Antidiarrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiexudative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 3 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Antifertility 1 Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.