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Common Names
Black Bean; Moreton Bay Chestnut; Australian Chestnut
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Insecticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mannosidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Molluscicide | 2 | 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. |
| Myorelaxant | 1 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Pesticide | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytoalexin | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Phytohormonal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Poultice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 1 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Toxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| VAM-Stimulant | 1 | Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2. |
| Vasodilator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |