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Plant Acacia senegal (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Gum Arabic; Gum Arabic Tree; Kher; Senegal Gum; Sudan Gum Arabic
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
4-METHOXYGLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ARABIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ARABINOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ASH 0 Fruit not available 71000.0 0.37 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Leaf not available 84000.0 -0.61 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Seed not available 58000.0 0.30 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-SITOSTEROL-D-GLUCOSIDE 6 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
BETULIN 13 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CALCIUM 28 Leaf not available 7500.0 -0.75 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit not available 699000.0 -0.45 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf not available 667000.0 0.44 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed not available 491000.0 -0.13 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CYSTEINE 13 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 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.
Allergenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAddisonian 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *