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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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  2. Robinia pseudoacacia

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
2',4',2,3,4-PENTAHYDROXYCHALCONE 0 Wood *
2',4',4'-TRIHYDROXYCHALCONE 0 Wood *
2,4-DIHYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Wood *
3-O-BETA-D-GALACTOFURANOSYL-6-BETA-L-RHAMNOFURANOSIDE 0 Flower *
5,7-DIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Leaf *
7,3',4'-TRIHYDROXYFLAVAN-3,4-DIOL 0 Wood *
ACACETIN 16 Leaf CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ACACETIN-7-XYLOSIDORHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ACACIIN 0 Leaf *
ALPHA-CELLULOSE 0 Wood 453000.0 0.60 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Flower *
AMYGDALIN 8 Bark *
ANTHRANILIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Flower *
APIGENIN-7-BIOSIDE 0 Leaf *
APIGENIN-7-RHAMNOXYLOSIDE 0 Leaf *
APIGENIN-7-TRIOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 990.0 4390.0 -0.23 *
ASH 0 Leaf 61000.0 75000.0 -0.77 *
ASH 0 Seed 40000.0 47000.0 -0.03 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticarcinomic (Lung) 1 *
Anticariogenic 3 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.
Anticlimacteric 1 *
Anticomplementary 2 *
Anticoronary 2 *
Antidepressant 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 2 *
Antidiarrheic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidysenteric 1 *
Antieczemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiestrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antiflu 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antigingivitic 1 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.