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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Castanospermum australe (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Black Bean, Moreton Bay Chestnut, Australian Chestnut
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
1,7A-DIEPIALEXINE 1 Plant *
1,7A-DIEPIALEXINE 1 Seed 650.0 *
1,7ALPHA-DIEPIALEXINE 0 Plant *
1-EPIAUSTRALINE 1 Leaf 5.0 *
3,7A-DIEPIALEXINE 1 Seed *
3-EPI-AUSTRALINE 1 Leaf *
3-EPI-AUSTRALINE 1 Seed 1600.0 *
3-HYDROXY-2-HYDROXY-METHYL-PYRROLIDINE-HYDROCHLORIDE 0 Seed *
6,7-DIEPICASTANOSPERMINE 0 Seed *
6-EPI-CASTANOSPERMINE 1 Leaf *
6-EPI-CASTANOSPERMINE 1 Seed 1000.0 *
7,7A-DIEPIALEXINE 1 Plant *
7,7A-DIEPIALEXINE 1 Seed 1000.0 *
7,7ALPHA-DIEPIALEXINE 0 Plant *
AFRORMOSIN 3 Wood *
AUSTRALINE 1 Seed *
BAYIN 0 Wood 3700.0 *
BAYOGENIN 3 Bark *
BAYOGENIN 3 Wood List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CASTANOGENIN 0 Seed *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorectic 1 (View) Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Anticephalagic 1 (View) *
Antidiabetic 2 (View) *
Antidote (Iodine) 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 2 (View) Merck 11th Edition
AntiHIV 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antihypertensive 1 (View) *
Antiinflammatory 1 (View) *
Antileukemic 1 (View) *
Antimelanomic 1 (View) Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Antimetastatic 1 (View) Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Antinesidioblastosic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antinutrient 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiobesity 1 (View) *
Antitumor 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcer 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcer? 1 (View) *