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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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. |