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Plant Robinia pseudoacacia (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Black Locust
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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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
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List of plant activities.
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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 *