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Plant Acacia decurrens (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Green Wattle
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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
FISETINIDIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-ACETIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-ARABINOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-RHAMNOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEARNSITRIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHANOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYLSALICYLIC-ESTER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHLOBAPHENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHLOBAPHENE-ANHYDRIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHLOROGLUCINOL 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 212000.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ROBINETIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 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
Pesticide 8 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Pigment 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Prooxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide 2 Martindale's 29th
Radioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Secretogogue 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Spermicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Styptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Hamada, S. I., Kataoka, T., Woo, J. T., Yamada, A., Yoshida, T., Nishimura, T., Otake, N., Nagai, K. 1997. Immunosuppressive Effects by Gallic Acid and Chebulagic Acid on CTL-Mediated Cytotoxicity. Biol Pharm Bull, 20: 1017-1019.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Bernard, F. X., Sable, S., Cameron, B., Provost, J., Desnottes, J. F., Crouzet, J., Blanche, F. 1997. Glycosylated Flavones as Selective Inhibitors of Topoisomerase IV. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 41: 992-998.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Vasoconstrictor 1 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator 2 Duke, 1992 *