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Plant Euphorbia tirucalli (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Aveloz
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-(2Z)(4E)-OCTADIENOYL-4-DEOXYPHORBOL-13-ACETATE 1 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,3'-DI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Latex Exudate 28000.0 38000.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant not available 74000.0 2.00 Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUPHOL 1 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUPHORONE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANOL 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUPHORAL 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAMEPFEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPOGENIN-ACETATES 0 Plant not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXERIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TIRUCALLOL 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 2 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiatherosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 4 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 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.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.