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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
METHIONINE 15 Seed 4700.0 0.10 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
MUCILAGE 3 Fruit 20000.0 30000.0 1.41 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MUCILAGE 3 Seed 400000.0 1.28 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYO-INOSITOL 0 Fruit 5000.0 10000.0 Abstract (See species file)
MYRICETIN 34 Fruit Wealth of India.
NEOSCHAFTOSIDE 1 Fruit *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 410.0 3670.0 -0.95 Wealth of India.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 155.0 1405.0 -0.67 Wealth of India.
PECTIN 24 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PENTOSANE 0 Fruit 54000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 15040.0 0.42 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
PHLOROGLUCINOL 8 Fruit Wealth of India.
PINITOL 5 Fruit 50000.0 75000.0 Abstract (See species file)
PRIMVEROSE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PROLINE 0 Seed 18800.0 1.47 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
PROTEIN 0 Seed 160300.0 630000.0 3.52 *
PYROGALLOL 23 Fruit *
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit Wealth of India.
RAFFINOSE 1 Leaf Wealth of India.
SACCAROSE 0 Fruit 60000.0 368000.0 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
Anticancer (Skin) 1 *
Anticarcinogenic 1 *
Anticarcinomic 1 *
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 3 *
Anticataract 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antichorea 1 *
Antichoreic 1 *
Anticlastogen 1 *
Anticoagulant 1 *
Anticolitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 2 *
Anticonvulsant 1 *
Anticoronary 3 *
AntiCrohn's 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidecubitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidementia 1 *
Antidepressant 2 *
Antidepressant? 1 *