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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETHYL-ESTER | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| ETHYL-PHENOL | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FARNESOL | 17 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| FARNESOL | 17 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 6000.0 | 32280.0 | -0.48 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 20000.0 | 78000.0 | -0.99 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 57000.0 | 306000.0 | 1.79 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | 10080.0 | 54070.0 | 0.87 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Leaf | 2720.0 | 14590.0 | 1.11 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| HCN | 9 | Leaf | not available | 4.5 | -1.17 | 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. |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Leaf | 1840.0 | 9870.0 | 2.26 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| HYDROCYANIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | 4.5 | -1.00 | 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. |
| HYDROXYACETOPHENONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 37.0 | 199.0 | -0.42 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Leaf | 2800.0 | 15020.0 | 0.76 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Choleretic | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Cicatrizant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Circulotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Depressant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CNS-Stimulant | 1 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Collagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Colorant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Comedolytic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Copper-Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cosmetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Counterirritant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 4 | Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ. |
| Culicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyanogenic | 2 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor | 2 | Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima. |
| Cytoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |