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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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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
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 2.0 9.0 -0.14 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUTIN 87 Leaf Wealth of India.
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Flower *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Plant *
SERINE 1 Leaf 3280.0 17600.0 1.55 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SITOSTEROL 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SITOSTEROL 0 Seed Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 600.0 2300.0 -0.52 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
TANNINS 0 Fruit 110000.0 322000.0 2.56 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.
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 2.0 11.0 0.56 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THREONINE 4 Leaf 2000.0 10730.0 0.32 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THREONINE 4 Seed 1050.0 1100.0 -1.57 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.
TRANS-3-METHYL-DEC-4-ENOIC-ACID 0 Flower Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
TRIACONTANOL 3 Leaf 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.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 440.0 450.0 -0.98 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.
TYRAMINE 11 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.
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 2240.0 12010.0 1.11 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VALINE 3 Leaf 3120.0 16740.0 1.13 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidyspeptic 1 *
Antidysphagic 1 *
Antieczemic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 2 *
Antierythemic 1 *
Antiescherichic 2 *
Antiesherichic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiestrogenic 2 *
Antifatigue 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 5 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
Antifibrinolytic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrotic 2 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.