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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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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
(+)-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
Cytotoxic 5 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 359.
Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 1 *
Dentifrice 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Dermatitigenic 3 *
Detoxicant 2 *
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Diuretic 5 *
DME-Inhibitor 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
Embryotoxic 2 *
Emetic 3 *
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 4 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 4 *
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th
Fibrinolytic 1 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).