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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Prosopis juliflora (Fabaceae)

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

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 1 Plant *
L-ARABINOSE 0 Plant *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 2200.0 -0.51 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 139000.0 0.40 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 190000.0 -0.22 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 300000.0 652000.0 3.72 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant *
STARCH 5 Fruit 163600.0 -0.21 *
SUGAR 0 Fruit 330000.0 0.96 *
SUGAR 0 Seed 330000.0 3.13 *
TANNIN 35 Bark 6000.0 84000.0 -0.50 *
TANNIN 35 Root 67000.0 -0.29 *
TANNIN 35 Wood 9000.0 -0.87 *
TANNINS 0 Fruit 58100.0 -0.26 *
TRYPTAMINE 4 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Progestational 1 *
Proliferant 1 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Ibewuike, J. C., Ogungbamila, F. O., Ogundaini, A. O., Okeke, I. N., Bohlin, L. 1997. Antiinflammatory and Antibacterial Activities of C-methylflavonol from Piliostigma thonningii. Phytotherapy Research, 11(4): 281-284.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 2 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 2 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 1 *
Secretogogue 1 *
Sedative 1 *
Spasmogenic 1 *
Sunscreen 1 *
Teratologic 1 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Azuma, Y., Onishi, Y., Sato, Y., Kizaki, H. 1995. Effects of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors With Different Modes of Action on Topoisomerase Activity and Death of IL-2-Dependent CTLL-2-Cells. J Biochemistry, 118: 312-318.
Tranquilizer 1 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.