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Plant Croton lechleri (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Sangre de Drago; Sangre de Grado; Sangre de Dragon; Dragons Blood
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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,3,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZENE 1 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4,6-TRIMETHOXYPHENOL 1 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3',4-O-DIMETHYLCEDRUSIN 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIMETHOXYBENZENYL-ALCOHOL 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIMETHOXYPHENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYPHENETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYPHENETHYL-ALCOHOL-ACETATE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-O-DIMETHYLCEDRUSIN 1 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
ALPHA-CALACORENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
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
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 2 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Adrenalytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 2 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 Merck 11th Edition
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 3 Duke, 1992 *