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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Acacia farnesiana (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Cassie; Huisache; Sweet Acacia; Opopanax; Popinac
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHOL 4 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(+)-GALLOCATECHOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3-METHYL-3-E-NONEN-1-OIC-ACID 0 Flower Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
3-METHYL-3-E-NONEN-1-OIC-ACID 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
3-METHYL-3-Z-DECEN-1-OL 0 Flower Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
3-METHYL-3-Z-DECEN-1-OL 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
3-METHYL-3-Z-NONENOIC-ACID 0 Flower Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
3-METHYL-3-Z-NONENOIC-ACID 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
4-HYDROXY-PIPECOLIC-ACID 0 Plant Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
ALANINE 3 Leaf 3440.0 18450.0 1.36 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALPHA-IONONE 5 Flower Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL 2 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL 2 Seed Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Flower Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
AMINO-ACIDS 0 Plant *
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Flower Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
APIGENIN-6,8-BIS-(C-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) 0 Leaf *
APIGENIN-6,8-BIS-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant *
ARGININE 14 Leaf 7360.0 39480.0 1.39 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AROMADENDRIN 3 Plant Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.

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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acaricide 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Adrenergic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 9 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 (View) Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 15 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 9 (View) *
Anaphrodisiac 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *