Plant Acacia tortilis (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Umbrella Thorn

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
TANNIN	35	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiallergenic	1	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianxiety	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	2	Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *