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

Plant Euphorbia pulcherrima (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Poinsettia
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
2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE 3 Plant *
ALPHA,GAMMA-DIAMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 0 Latex Exudate *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Plant *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Stem *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-D-GLUCOSIDE 6 Leaf *
BREIN 0 Plant *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Plant *
CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE 0 Flower *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
CYANIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE 1 Flower *
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Latex Exudate *
DECA-2,4,6-TRIENOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
DIHYDROBRASSICASTEROL 0 Plant *
EPI-GERMANICYL-ACETATE 0 Plant *
GERMANICOL 0 Plant *
GERMANICYL-ACETATE 0 Plant *
GERMANICYL-BEHENATE 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaggregant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 1 (View) *
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiapoplectic 1 (View) *
Antiatherogenic 2 (View) *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 5 (View) Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer 2 (View) *