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Plant Gleditsia triacanthos (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Honey Locust
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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-(3,4-DIHYDROXYCINNAMOYL)-(-)-QUINIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7,3',4',5'-TETRAHYDROXYISOFLAVANOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACRAMMERIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOID 0 Flower not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit not available 54000.0 -0.07 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 38000.0 40000.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed not available 2800.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 669000.0 969000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed not available 847000.0 1.29 Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROXY-4-METHOXY-ISOFLAVONE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROXYSTEARIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHOL-3-D-GLUCOSIDE-DIHYDRIATE 0 Seed not available 19000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit not available 46000.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 8000.0 30000.0 -1.24 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit not available 127000.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed not available 211000.0 0.60 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiUTI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaginitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Anxiolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447.
Beta-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 3 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *