Plant Astragalus gummifer (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Names

Gum Tragacanth; Tragacanth

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
ACETIC-ACID	16	Gum	not available	25000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALDIBIURONIC-ACIDS	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOGALACTAN	6	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Gum	15000.0	30000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BASSORIN	0	Gum	600000.0	700000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Gum	10000.0	40000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTOSE	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-XYLOSE	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Gum	20000.0	30000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
L-ARABINOSE	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-FUCOSE	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-RHAMNOSE	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCRONULATOL	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Gum	10000.0	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRAGACANTH-GUM	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRAGACANTHIC-ACID	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRAGACANTHIN	0	Gum	80000.0	300000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XENOGNOSIN	0	Gum	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Perfumery	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Poultice	1	Martindale's 29th
Protisticide	1	Martindale's 29th
Spermicide	1	Martindale's 28th
Ulcerogenic	1	HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Verrucolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *