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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Robinia pseudoacacia (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Black Locust
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed 1.0 -0.68 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Flower *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Flower *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower *
BUTEIN 4 Wood CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BUTIN 4 Wood *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 12900.0 15000.0 -0.23 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 19000.0 2.73 *
CANAVANINE 14 Seed *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 350000.0 465000.0 -1.17 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 204000.0 466000.0 -0.23 *
CAROTENE 0 Leaf 2090.0 1.92 *
DIHYDROROBINETIN 2 Wood 53000.0 176000.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
EO 0 Leaf 100.0 -1.01 *
FARNESOL 17 Flower *
FAT 0 Leaf 30000.0 33000.0 -0.47 *
FAT 0 Seed 108000.0 133000.0 -0.70 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 172000.0 390000.0 2.83 *
FIBER 15 Seed 129000.0 136000.0 0.01 *
FISETIN 15 Wood *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Flatugenic 2 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 10 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 5 *
Fungistat 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemagglutinin 1 *
Hemoglobin-Inducer 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective 6 *
Herbicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic 1 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *