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Plant Acalypha indica (Euphorbiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Cancer Herb, Copperleaf, Indian Acalypha, Indian Nettle, Three-Seeded-Mercury
How used
GRAS

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 1-INOSITOLMONOMETHYLETHER Leaf -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
3 2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE Plant -- -- -- Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
0 ACALYPHAMIDE Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5 ACALYPHINE Plant -- -- -- *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Leaf 1470.0 7540.0 0.26 Wealth of India.
0 ASH Leaf 31000.0 159000.0 0.71 Wealth of India.
0 AURANTIAMIDE Plant -- -- -- Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
4 BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE Plant -- -- -- Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
28 CALCIUM Leaf 6670.0 34205.0 1.08 Wealth of India.
4 CALCIUM-OXALATE Leaf -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 CARBOHYDRATES Leaf 60000.0 300700.0 -2.47 Wealth of India.
0 FAT Leaf 14000.0 71800.0 0.31 Wealth of India.
15 FIBER Leaf 23000.0 117950.0 -0.54 Wealth of India.
0 GAMMA-SITOSTEROL-ACETATE Plant -- -- -- =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
9 HCN Leaf -- 2700.0 0.65 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 HYDROCYANIC-ACID Leaf -- 2700.0 1.00 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
6 IRON Leaf 170.0 885.0 1.32 Wealth of India.
75 KAEMPFEROL Plant -- -- -- Wealth of India.
0 N-METHYL-3-CYANOPYRIDONES Plant -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
0 N-OCTACOSANOL Plant -- -- -- Wealth of India.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.