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Common Names
Black Locust
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZYL-ALCOHOL | 9 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTEIN | 4 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| BUTIN | 4 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 12900.0 | 15000.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | not available | 19000.0 | 2.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CANAVANINE | 14 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 350000.0 | 465000.0 | -1.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 204000.0 | 466000.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAROTENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 2090.0 | 1.92 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROROBINETIN | 2 | Wood | 53000.0 | 176000.0 | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | not available | 100.0 | -1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESOL | 17 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 30000.0 | 33000.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 108000.0 | 133000.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 172000.0 | 390000.0 | 2.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 129000.0 | 136000.0 | 0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FISETIN | 15 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 11B-HSD-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Adaptogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Allelochemic | 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. |
| Allelopathic | 1 | Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands. |
| Allergenic | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ametic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anemiagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anesthetic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |