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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Ceratonia siliqua (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Carob; St.John's-Bread; Locust Bean
How this plant is used
Food
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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
GLYCINE 12 Seed 24910.0 2.02 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
GUM 0 Seed 350000.0 1.92 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HEMICELLULOSE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HEMICELLULOSE 0 Seed 32500.0 -1.00 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 11750.0 1.50 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
HYDROXYPROLINE 1 Seed 470.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
INVERT-SUGARS 0 Fruit 39000.0 91000.0 -0.95 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID 2 Fruit 6000.0 13000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 16450.0 0.76 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ISOSCHAFTOSIDE 0 Fruit *
L-ALANINE 8 Fruit Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LEUCINE 2 Seed 30550.0 1.29 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
LEUCOANTHOCYANINS 0 Fruit Wealth of India.
LEUCODELPHINIDIN 2 Fruit *
LIGNIN 13 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Seed 20.0 180.0 -0.61 Wealth of India.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 1185.0 10655.0 -0.83 Wealth of India.
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 10.0 90.0 -0.58 Wealth of India.
LYSINE 4 Seed 26320.0 1.93 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
MALTOSE 2 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 *
Acetyl-CoA-Carboxylase-Inhibitor 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Allelochemic 4 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.
Allelopathic 1 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 4 Martindale's 28th
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Analgesic 4 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 69.
Androgenic 1 *
Anemiagenic 1 *