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
DNA-Protective 1 (View) *
Emollient 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Estrogenic 2 (View) Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Fungicide 1 (View) *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Hemostat 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Hepatomagenic 1 (View) Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 3 (View) Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210.
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 (View) Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Hyperglycemic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 2 (View) *
Hypocholesterolemic 2 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic 1 (View) Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypotensive 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 (View) *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Immunostimulant 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.