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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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 *
(-)-ACACATECHIN 0 Plant *
(-)-EPICATECHOL 0 Plant *
3-(BETA-L-ARABOPYRANOSIDE)-L-ARABINOSE 0 Plant *
3-METHOXYFLAVONES 0 Plant *
4-(4-O-METHYL-ALPHA-D-GLUCURONOSIDE)-L-ARABINOSE 0 Plant *
4-HYDROXY-PIPECOLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
5-(BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSIDE)-L-ARABINOSE 0 Plant *
7,3',4'-TRIHYDROXY-8-METHOXYFLAVONOL 0 Plant *
7,3,4-TRIHYDROXY-3,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
7,8,14'-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONOL 0 Plant *
7,8,3',4-TETRAHYDROXY-3-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
7,8,4-TRIHYDROXY-3-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
8-METHOXYFISETIN 0 Plant *
8-METHOXYFLAVONE-3,4-DIONES 0 Plant *
ACACATECHIN 0 Plant *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Plant *
ALDOBIURONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALPHA-AMINO-BETA-OXALYLAMINO-PROPIONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALPHA-CATECHIN 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihypoglycemic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimplantation 1 (View) *
Antiinflammatory 8 (View) Kroes, B.H., et al. 1991. Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Gallic Acid. Planta Medica, 58(6): 499.
Antiinsomniac 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antileishmanic 2 (View) *
Antileukemic 2 (View) Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukotriene 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilipolytic 1 (View) *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 (View) *
Antilithic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme 1 (View) *
Antilymphocytic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimalarial 2 (View) Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimastalgic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanomic 2 (View) *
Antimenopausal 2 (View) *
Antimetastatic 2 (View) *
Antimigraine 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 (View) *