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Plant Acacia catechu (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Black Cutch; Catechu
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
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 *