Plant Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Physic Nut, Purging Nut

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
7-KETO-BETA-SITOSTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	1800.0	2880.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	45000.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	4	Seed	not available	50000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	not available	335000.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
CURCIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUSONES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DULCITOL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	300000.0	480000.0	1.13	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	not available	155000.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	5 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1 (View Chemicals list for Absorbent)	Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for ACE-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1 (View Chemicals list for Acetylcholinergic)	Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant	1 (View Chemicals list for Aggregant)	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor)	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.
Allergenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	2 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic)	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anemiagenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Angiogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1 (View Chemicals list for Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker)	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic)	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anthelmintic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenomic)	Merck 11th Edition
Antialcoholic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antialcoholic)	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialopecic	3 (View Chemicals list for Antialopecic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antianaphylactic)	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.