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Common Names
Black Locust
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2',4',4'-TRIHYDROXYCHALCONE | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2,4-DIHYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-O-BETA-D-GALACTOFURANOSYL-6-BETA-L-RHAMNOFURANOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5,7-DIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXYFLAVONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7,3',4'-TRIHYDROXYFLAVAN-3,4-DIOL | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACACETIN | 16 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ACACETIN-7-XYLOSIDORHAMNOGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACACIIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CELLULOSE | 0 | Wood | not available | 453000.0 | 0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AMYGDALIN | 8 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTHRANILIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-BIOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-RHAMNOXYLOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-TRIOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 990.0 | 4390.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 61000.0 | 75000.0 | -0.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 40000.0 | 47000.0 | -0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARAGINE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Chelator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Choleretic | 2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Cicatrizant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Active | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Comedolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Contraceptive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Copper-Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cosmetic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyanogenic | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diagnostic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Diaphoretic? | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Diuretic | 5 | HerbalGram No. 17. |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Estrogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 1 | Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators) |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |