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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
L-ARABINOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-RHAMNOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
N-NONACOSANE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OCTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OCTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OCTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Wood not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OCTACOSANOL 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf not available 1400.0 -0.66 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed not available 3100.0 -0.60 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
POTASSIUM 14 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
RHAMNOSE-HYDRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SERINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SITOSTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SODIUM 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticold 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary 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
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticytotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidecubitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidementia 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).