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
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	3	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.
Antirenitic	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.
Antirheumatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiserotonin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisickling	1	Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antispasmodic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *