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
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	2	Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Toxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic	2	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *