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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Prosopis juliflora (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Mesquite
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
4-O-METHYL-D-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Plant *
APIGENIN 101 Plant *
APIGENIN-6,8-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
ASH 0 Fruit 48000.0 -0.22 *
ASH 0 Leaf 85000.0 -0.60 *
ASH 0 Seed 35000.0 300000.0 7.58 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 20800.0 0.16 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 783000.0 0.00 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 696000.0 0.67 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 218000.0 -1.21 *
CELLULOSE 1 Fruit 272400.0 2.22 *
D-GALACTOSE 0 Plant *
FAT 0 Fruit 30000.0 -0.41 *
FAT 0 Leaf 29000.0 -0.55 *
FAT 0 Seed 53000.0 78000.0 -0.99 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 277000.0 1.28 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 216000.0 0.67 *
FIBER 15 Seed 28000.0 -0.84 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 302500.0 2.32 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 2 (View) Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Analgesic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) *
Antiaflatoxin 2 (View) *
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiallergic 3 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) *
Antiamebic 1 (View) Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 2 (View) *