An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Plant Anogeissus latifolia (Combretaceae)

Common Names
Gum Ghatti
How this plant is used
Medicinal

Select a Results View:

View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf not available 694000.0 0.65 Duke, 1992 *
CHEBULAGIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CORILAGEN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSHIKIMIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGITANNIN 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf not available 36000.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf not available 242000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLO-TANNIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOANTHOCYANIDIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PENTOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN 34 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-(BETA-D-GLUCURONOSYL-URONIC-ACID)-(1,2)-O-D-MANNOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-D-MANN0SE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSE 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Pesticide 9 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 Alanko, J., et al. 1999. Modulation of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism by Phenols: Relation to their Structure and Antioxidant/Proooxidant Properties. Free Radical Biol Med, 26(1/2): 193-201.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 3 Ahn, D., Putt, D., Kresty, L., Stoner, G. D., Fromm, D., Hollenberg, P. F. 1996. The Effects of Dietary Ellagic Acid on Rat Hepatic and Esophageal Mucosal Cytochromes P450 and Phase II Enzymes. Carcinogenesis, 17(4): 821-828.
Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Styptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Sweetener 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratologic 1 Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Toxic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry