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

 Euonymus atropurpureus (Celastraceae)

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Common name(s)
Burning Bush, Wahoo
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
2 ASPARAGINE Bark -- -- -- *
0 ATROPUROL Resin, Exudate, Sap -- -- -- *
0 ATROPURPURIN Bark -- -- -- *
0 CEROTIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
23 CITRIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 CITRULLOL Bark -- -- -- *
2 DULCITOL Root -- 20900.0 -- *
0 EUONIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 EUONYMOL Bark -- -- -- *
0 EUONYSTEROL Resin, Exudate, Sap -- -- -- *
0 FURAN-BETA-CARBONIC-ACID Root -- -- -- *
0 GALACTITOL Plant -- -- -- *
0 HOMOEUONYSTEROL Resin, Exudate, Sap -- -- -- *
27 LINOLEIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
15 MALIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
2 PHYTOSTEROLS Plant -- -- -- *
35 TANNIN Root -- -- -- *
6 TARTARIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
*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.