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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Acalypha indica (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Cancer Herb; Indian Acalypha; Copperleaf; Indian Nettle; Three-Seeded-Mercury
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 990.0 5075.0 0.02 Wealth of India.
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 67000.0 343590.0 1.31 Wealth of India.
QUEBRACHITOL 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RESIN 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SUCCINIMIDE 0 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.
TANNIN 35 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TECTOQUINONE 3 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TRI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 0 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.
TRIACETONAMINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
WATER 0 Leaf 805000.0 -0.01 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antinephritic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antineuramidase 1 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiobesity 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 3 *
Antioxidant 3 *
Antiparkinsonian 1 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontic 1 *
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiplaque 1 *
AntiPMS 1 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipyretic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 3 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.