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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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-6,8-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit not available 48000.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf not available 85000.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 35000.0 300000.0 7.58 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf not available 20800.0 0.16 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit not available 783000.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf not available 696000.0 0.67 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed not available 218000.0 -1.21 Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Fruit not available 272400.0 2.22 Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit not available 30000.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf not available 29000.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 53000.0 78000.0 -0.99 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit not available 277000.0 1.28 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf not available 216000.0 0.67 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed not available 28000.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available 302500.0 2.32 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidote (Aluminum) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Manganese) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antifeedant 1 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.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antiherpetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 3 Duke, 1992 *