Plant Prosopis glandulosa (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Mesquite; Honey Mesquite

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
PROLINE	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.
PROSOPENOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Ahmed, N., Razaq, S. 1986. Chemical Investigation of Prosopis glandulosa Flowers. Fitoterapia 57 6: 457.
PROSOPOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Ahmed, N., Razaq, S. 1986. Chemical Investigation of Prosopis glandulosa Flowers. Fitoterapia 57 6: 457.
STIGMASTEROL	12	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.
TETRATRIACONTAN-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.
TRIACONTAN-1-OL	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Abbas, S. A., Mison, P. 1984. Prosopol Structure: A Reinvestigation. Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res. 26 3: 140-141.
TRIACONTAN-1-OL	1	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.
TYRAMINE	11	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYRAMINE	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Shoot	not available	145.0	-0.70	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.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	7	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	2	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	2	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.
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	2	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.
Cytotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dermatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	2	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Elastase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *