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Chemical constituants of Shikakai - Acacia concinna

Shikakai :

Acacia Concinna flower

Phytochemistry:

Lupeol, spinasterol, acacic acid, lactone, and the natural sugars glucose, arabinose and rhamnose. It also contains hexacosanol, spinasterone, oxalic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, succinic acid, ascorbic acid, and the alkaloids calyctomine and nicotine. Bark and pods have saponins which form the foam.

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