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
2',4',2,3,4-PENTAHYDROXYCHALCONE	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2',4',4'-TRIHYDROXYCHALCONE	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-DIHYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-O-BETA-D-GALACTOFURANOSYL-6-BETA-L-RHAMNOFURANOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5,7-DIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXYFLAVONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7,3',4'-TRIHYDROXYFLAVAN-3,4-DIOL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACACETIN	16	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ACACETIN-7-XYLOSIDORHAMNOGLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACACIIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CELLULOSE	0	Wood	not available	453000.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN	8	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRANILIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-BIOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-RHAMNOXYLOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-TRIOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	990.0	4390.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	61000.0	75000.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	40000.0	47000.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Leaf	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
Pheromonal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pigment	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Plasmodicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Prosticide	1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Protisticide	2	Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Purgative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
RNA-genic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sedative	5	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratologic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	2	Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	3	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.