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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
SALICYLATES 7 Seed 0.0 -0.34 *
SAPONIN 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SCHAFTOSIDE 1 Fruit *
SERINE 1 Seed 23500.0 2.48 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
STARCH 5 Fruit 350000.0 0.08 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 200.0 1820.0 -0.53 Wealth of India.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed Wealth of India.
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 75000.0 175000.0 0.49 *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 300000.0 700000.0 2.01 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TANNIN 35 Bark 12000.0 500000.0 3.14 *
TANNIN 35 Fruit 15000.0 -0.77 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
THREONINE 4 Seed 16920.0 1.96 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
TOCOPHEROL 93 Seed *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 16450.0 2.02 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
VALINE 3 Seed 20680.0 1.07 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
WATER 0 Fruit 37000.0 247000.0 -2.28 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WATER 0 Seed 88900.0 142100.0 -0.33 *
XYLOSE 3 Fruit 6900.0 16100.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Choline-Sparing 1 *
Circulatory-Stimulant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Circulotonic 1 *
CNS-Active 1 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 *
COMP-Inhibitor 2 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
Copper-Chelator 1 *
Corrosive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 4 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytotoxic 4 Matsukawa, Y., et al. The Effect of Quercetin and Other Flavonoids on Cell Cycle Progresssion and Growth of Human Gastric Cancer Cells. Planta Medica, 56(6): 677, 1990.
Decalcifier 1 Merck 11th Edition
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 3 *