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
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 *

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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
Antiadenomic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialopecic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianxiety	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiazotemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	12	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticancer	6	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *