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
METHYL-ANTHRALINATE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	7500.0	33250.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
P2O5	0	Seed	not available	16500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	1380.0	6115.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANS	0	Wood	not available	191000.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
PHASIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	2600.0	3200.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTREOLS	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	170000.0	255000.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	388000.0	432000.0	1.76	Duke, 1992 *
PYROCATECHIN-TANNINS	0	Bark	20000.0	70000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Seed	not available	1.0	-1.43	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROBIN	4	Bark	not available	16000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROBIN	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ROBINETIN	2	Wood	20000.0	80000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROBININ	10	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROBINITIN	0	Bark	not available	30000.0	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 *