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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 *
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
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 8 Kroes, B.H., et al. 1991. Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Gallic Acid. Planta Medica, 58(6): 499.
Antiinsomniac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antileishmanic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 2 Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukotriene 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenopausal 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *