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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antirheumatic 1 *
Antiseptic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antiserotonin 1 *
Antispasmodic 6 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic 3 *
Antistreptococcic 1 *
Antistress 2 *
Antistroke 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antisunburn 1 *
Antisyndrome-X 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 *
Antithrombogenic 2 *
Antithyroid 1 *
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitrypanosomic 2 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitumor 8 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).