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
AntiMRSA	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	8	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimyocarditic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinephritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antionychyotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteoarthritic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	11	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.