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Common Names
Karaya
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CELLULOSE | 0 | Wood | not available | 239248.0 | -1.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Gum | not available | 59200.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-D-GALACTOSE | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETULIN | 13 | Bark | not available | 50.0 | -0.40 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | not available | 280000.0 | -0.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GALACTOSE | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GLUCURONIC-ACID | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Gum | not available | 2800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 200000.0 | 260000.0 | -0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Gum | not available | 4100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Gum | not available | 123000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-RHAMNOSE | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIGNOCERIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | 3740.0 | 4082.0 | -0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 4840.0 | 6292.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Gum | 700000.0 | 750000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 9300.0 | 12090.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 133180.0 | 173134.0 | 0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acidulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Okada,Y,et al.1995.Search for Naturally Occurring Substances to Prevent the Complications of Diabetes.II.Inhibitory Effect of Coumarin and Flavonoid Derivatives on Bovine Lens Aldose Reductase and Rabbit Platelet Aggregation.Chem Pharm Bull43(8):1385-1387 |
| Allelochemic | 1 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Allergenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anemiagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anesthetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anthelmintic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadrenergic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Antiaflatoxin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |