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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUSTIN | 5 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HELIOTROPINE | 6 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXEN-3-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTAMYLHYDROXYABSCICIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INDICAN | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INDOLE | 15 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-7-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOFURANOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-7-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-7-BETA-L-RHAMNOFURANOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-7-BETA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCOROBINITINIDINE | 0 | Wood | not available | 62000.0 | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| LIGNIN | 13 | Wood | not available | 216000.0 | -0.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIGNOCERIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINARIN | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 15900.0 | 70490.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 3600.0 | 15960.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIQUIRITIGENIN | 12 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| 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 * |