Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Aleurites fordii (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Tungoil Tree
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
12-O-PALMITOYL-13-O-ACETYL-16-HYDROXYPHORBOL 0 Fruit *
12-O-PALMITOYL-16-HYDROXYPHORBOL-13-ACETATE 0 Plant *
12-O-PALMITOYL-4,16-DIHYDROXYPHORBOL-13-ACETATE 0 Plant *
12-O-PALMITOYL-4-DEOXY-16-HYDROXYLUMIPHORBOL-13-ACETATE 0 Plant *
12-O-PALMITOYL-4-DEOXY-16-HYDROXYPHORBOL-13-ACETATE 0 Plant *
13-ACETYL-16-HYDROXYPHORBOL 0 Plant *
16-HYDROXYPHORBOL 0 Plant *
3,3',4-TRI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 3 Petiole *
3,3'-DI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 0 Petiole *
ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID 0 Seed 225000.0 450000.0 1.00 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant *
CAMPESTEROL-6'-LINOLYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
CAMPESTEROL-6'-PALMITYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
CAMPESTEROL-6'-STEARYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Petiole *
FAT 0 Fruit 140000.0 200000.0 0.89 *
FAT 0 Seed 300000.0 600000.0 1.76 *
L-3-CARBOXYL-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDRO-BETA-CARBOLINE 0 Seed *
METHYL-GALLATE 16 Petiole *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Terashima, S., Shimizu, M., Nakayama, H., Ishikura, M., et al. 1990. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Medicinal Plant of 'Sinfito,' Potentilla candicans, and Further Synthesis of Their Related Compounds. Chem. Pharm. Bull 38(10):2733-2736, 1990
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiallergenic 1 (View) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antialopecic 2 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) *
Antiandrogenic 3 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiasthmatic 1 (View) Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antibacterial 3 (View) Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Antibronchitic 1 (View) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer (Breast) 1 (View) Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.