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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SUCROSE 14 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
TANNIN 35 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
URONIC-ACID 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
UVAOL 6 Bark Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
VALINE 3 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic 1 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 2 *
Antiobesity 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 4 *
Antioxidant 8 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiparkinsonian 2 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 1 *
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 1 *
Antipermeability 1 *
Antiperoxidant 1 Planta Medica, 57: A110, 1991.