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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
M-DIGALLIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
M-DIGALLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
METHIONINE 15 Leaf 700.0 3860.0 0.64 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
METHIONINE 15 Seed 175.0 200.0 -1.06 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.
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Flower CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
METHYL-GALLATE 16 Fruit *
METHYL-GALLATE 16 Plant *
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Flower CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
MUCILAGE 3 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
MYRICETIN-4'-METHYLETHER-3-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
N-ACETYL-DJENKKOLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
N-ACETYL-DJENKKOLIC-ACID 0 Seed *
N-METHYL-BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Flower Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
N-METHYL-BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
NARINGENIN 56 Fruit Wealth of India.
NARINGENIN-7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Wealth of India.
NARINGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
NARINGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
NARINGENIN-7-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
NARINGENIN-7-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Lymphokinetic 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitofuge 2 *
Motor-Depressant 5 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 2 *
Mycobactericide 1 *
Myoprotective 1 *
Myorelaxant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Narcotic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 11 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nephrotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 3 *