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Botanical Name |
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Ceratonia siliqua L. |
English
Name |
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Carob |
Family |
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Fabaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Evergreen large shrub or small tree to 30 feet. The crown is broad and semi-spherical, supported by a thick trunk, brown rough bark and sturdy branches. Leaves are 10–20 cm long, alternate, pinnate, and may or may not have a terminal leaflet. The flowers are a green-tinted red, small, numerous, and about 6–12 mm long. They are spirally arranged along the inflorescence axis in catkin-like racemes borne on spurs from old wood and even on the trunk (cauliflory). The fruit is a pod which can be elongated, compressed, straight or curved, and thickened at the sutures. |
| Herb Effects |
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Demulcent and emollient (seedpods); astringent and purgative (seed husk); astringent (bark). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tocopherol, tyrosine, valine (seed); benzoic acid, butyric acid, formic acid, gallic acid, isobutyric acid, leucodelphinidin, lignin, pinitol, tannin, xylose (fruit). |
| Chemistry
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Alanine |
35597-43-4 |
2-[2-[2-amino-4-(hyd
roxy-methyl-phosphor
yl)-butanoyl]aminopr
opanoylami
no]propa
noic acid |
C11H22N3O6P |
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| Arginine |
7004-12-8 |
2-amino-5-guanidino-
pentanoic acid |
C6H14N4O2 |
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| Aspartic acid |
6899-03-2 |
2-aminobutanedioic
acid |
C4H7NO4 |
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| Glutamic acid |
Not Available |
2-aminopentanedioic
acid |
C5H9NO4 |
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| Glycine |
87867-94-5 |
2-aminoacetic acid |
C2H5NO2 |
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| Histidine |
6027-02-7 |
2-amino-3-(3H-imidaz
ol-4-yl)propanoic
acid |
C6H9N3O2 |
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| Isoleucine |
319-78-8 |
2-amino-3-methyl-pen
tanoic acid |
C6H13NO2 |
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| Leucine |
2439-37-4 |
2-dimethylamino-4-me
thyl-pentanoic acid |
C8H17NO2 |
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| Lysine |
923-27-3 |
2,6-diaminohexanoic
acid |
C6H14N2O2 |
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| Methionine |
348-67-4 |
2-amino-4-methylsulf
anyl-butanoic acid |
C5H11NO2S |
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| Phenylalanine |
3617-44-5 |
2-amino-3-phenyl-pro
panoic acid |
C9H11NO2 |
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| Threonine |
80-68-2 |
2-amino-3-hydroxy-bu
tanoic acid |
C4H9NO3 |
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| Tocopherol |
59-02-9 |
2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-
2-(4,8,12-trimethylt
ridecyl)chroman-6-ol |
C29H50O2 |
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| Tyrosine |
556-02-5 |
2-amino-3-(4-hydroxy
phenyl)-propanoic
acid |
C9H11NO3 |
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| Valine |
7004-03-7 |
2-amino-3-methyl-but
anoic acid |
C5H11NO2 |
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| Benzoic acid |
8013-63-6 |
benzoic acid |
C7H6O2 |
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| Butyric acid |
107-92-6 |
Butanoic acid |
C4H8O2 |
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| Formic acid |
992-98-3 |
formic acid |
CH2O2 |
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| Gallic acid |
149-91-7 |
3,4,5-trihydroxybenz
oic acid |
C7H6O5 |
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| Leucodelphinidin |
55068-67-2 |
2-(3,4,5-trihydroxyp
henyl)chroman-3,4,5,
7-tetrol |
C15H14O8 |
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| Pinitol |
Not Available |
6-methoxycyclohexane
-1,2,3,4,5-pentol |
C7H14O6 |
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| Tannin |
1401-55-4 |
Not Available |
C27H22O18 |
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| Xylose |
25990-60-7 |
Oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol |
C5H10O5 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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To treat diarrhoea and gently help to cleanse and also relieve irritation within the gut (pulp of pod); for coughs (seedpods); diarrhoea (decoction). |
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