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
(+)-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 *

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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
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	5	Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antiulcer	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antivaricose	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral	10	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Anxiolytic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Astringent	1	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.
ATPase-Inhibitor	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat	2	Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchodilator	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *