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Plant Prosopis glandulosa (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Mesquite, Honey Mesquite
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-D-PINITOL 0 Stem not available not available not available Zirvi, K. A., Jewers, K., Nagler, M. J. 1977. Phytochemical Investigation of Prosopis glandulosa Stems. Planta Med. Suppl. 32: 244-246.
4-HYDROXY-PIPECOLIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Carman, N. J., Dossaji, S. F., Mabry, T. J. 1974. A Populational Survey of Amino Acids in Prosopis Species from North and South America. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 2: 73.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower not available not available not available Ahmed, N., Razaq, S. 1986. Chemical Investigation of Prosopis glandulosa Flowers. Fitoterapia 57 6: 457.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Stem not available not available not available Zirvi, K. A., Jewers, K., Nagler, M. J. 1977. Phytochemical Investigation of Prosopis glandulosa Stems. Planta Med. Suppl. 32: 244-246.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Stem not available not available not available Zirvi, K. A., Jewers, K., Nagler, M. J. 1977. Phytochemical Investigation of Prosopis glandulosa Stems. Planta Med. Suppl. 32: 244-246.
DOTRIACONTAN-1-OL 0 Stem not available not available not available Zirvi, K. A., Jewers, K., Nagler, M. J. 1977. Phytochemical Investigation of Prosopis glandulosa Stems. Planta Med. Suppl. 32: 244-246.
HENTRIACONTAN-1-OL 0 Stem not available not available not available Zirvi, K. A., Jewers, K., Nagler, M. J. 1977. Phytochemical Investigation of Prosopis glandulosa Stems. Planta Med. Suppl. 32: 244-246.
HEPTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Stem not available not available not available Zirvi, K. A., Jewers, K., Nagler, M. J. 1977. Phytochemical Investigation of Prosopis glandulosa Stems. Planta Med. Suppl. 32: 244-246.
HEXACOSAN-1-OL 0 Stem not available not available not available Zirvi, K. A., Jewers, K., Nagler, M. J. 1977. Phytochemical Investigation of Prosopis glandulosa Stems. Planta Med. Suppl. 32: 244-246.
JULIFLORIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Ahmad, V. U., Usmanghani, K., Najmus-Saqib, Q. 1979. Occurence of Julifloridine in Prosopis glandulosa Torr. Sci. Pharm. 47: 333-334.
JULIPROSOPINE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-TYRAMINE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSAN-1-OL 0 Stem not available not available not available Zirvi, K. A., Jewers, K., Nagler, M. J. 1977. Phytochemical Investigation of Prosopis glandulosa Stems. Planta Med. Suppl. 32: 244-246.
OCTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Stem not available not available not available Zirvi, K. A., Jewers, K., Nagler, M. J. 1977. Phytochemical Investigation of Prosopis glandulosa Stems. Planta Med. Suppl. 32: 244-246.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Flower not available not available not available Ahmed, N., Razaq, S. 1986. Chemical Investigation of Prosopis glandulosa Flowers. Fitoterapia 57 6: 457.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Shoot not available 15.0 0.33 Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Stem not available not available not available Zirvi, K. A., Jewers, K., Nagler, M. J. 1977. Phytochemical Investigation of Prosopis glandulosa Stems. Planta Med. Suppl. 32: 244-246.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPECOLIC-ACID 2 Leaf not available not available not available Carman, N. J., Dossaji, S. F., Mabry, T. J. 1974. A Populational Survey of Amino Acids in Prosopis Species from North and South America. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 2: 73.
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5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient) Duke, 1992 *
Adrenergic 1 (View Chemicals list for Adrenergic) Merck 11th Edition
Allergenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic) Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic) Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic) Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anemiagenic) Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Angiogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic) Martindale's 28th
Antiacne 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne) Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenomic) Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaggregant) Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiallergic) Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antialopecic) Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 (View Chemicals list for Antialzheimeran) Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Antianaphylactic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antianaphylactic) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 (View Chemicals list for Antiandrogenic) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiarrhythmic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antiarrhythmic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiarteriosclerotic) Duke, 1992 *