Plant Castanospermum australe (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Black Bean; Moreton Bay Chestnut; Australian Chestnut

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
CASTANOGENIN	0	Wood	not available	360.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASTANOGENOL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASTANOSPERMINE	11	Fruit	not available	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASTANOSPERMINE	11	Leaf	30.0	2700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASTANOSPERMINE	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASTANOSPERMINE	11	Seed	2.0	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASTANOSPERMINE	11	Tissue Culture	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASTARALESIDE-F	0	Leaf	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASTARALESIDE-G	0	Leaf	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASTARALESIDE-H	0	Leaf	not available	0.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAGOMINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	7000.0	-1.36	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	not available	5000.0	-1.02	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN	16	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KOPARIN	1	Wood	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEDICAGENIC-ACID	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MEDICAGENIC-ACID	7	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEDICAGENIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-(HYDROXY-ETHYL)-2-(HYDROXY-METHYL)-3-HYDROXYPYRROLIDINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	not available	32000.0	-1.80	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiviral	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aphicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	2	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Estrogenic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Fungicide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosidase-Inhibitor	9	Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Herbicide	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Herbicide-Safener	1	Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
Hypocholesterolemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	1	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.