An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Plant Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae)

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