Plant Robinia pseudoacacia (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Black Locust

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
METHYL-ANTHRALINATE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	7500.0	33250.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
P2O5	0	Seed	not available	16500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	1380.0	6115.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANS	0	Wood	not available	191000.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
PHASIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	2600.0	3200.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTREOLS	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	170000.0	255000.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	388000.0	432000.0	1.76	Duke, 1992 *
PYROCATECHIN-TANNINS	0	Bark	20000.0	70000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Seed	not available	1.0	-1.43	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROBIN	4	Bark	not available	16000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROBIN	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ROBINETIN	2	Wood	20000.0	80000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROBININ	10	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROBINITIN	0	Bark	not available	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (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 *