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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Aleurites fordii (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Tungoil Tree
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
12-O-PALMITOYL-13-O-ACETYL-16-HYDROXYPHORBOL 0 Fruit *
12-O-PALMITOYL-16-HYDROXYPHORBOL-13-ACETATE 0 Plant *
12-O-PALMITOYL-4,16-DIHYDROXYPHORBOL-13-ACETATE 0 Plant *
12-O-PALMITOYL-4-DEOXY-16-HYDROXYLUMIPHORBOL-13-ACETATE 0 Plant *
12-O-PALMITOYL-4-DEOXY-16-HYDROXYPHORBOL-13-ACETATE 0 Plant *
13-ACETYL-16-HYDROXYPHORBOL 0 Plant *
16-HYDROXYPHORBOL 0 Plant *
3,3',4-TRI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 3 Petiole *
3,3'-DI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 0 Petiole *
ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID 0 Seed 225000.0 450000.0 1.00 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant *
CAMPESTEROL-6'-LINOLYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
CAMPESTEROL-6'-PALMITYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
CAMPESTEROL-6'-STEARYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Petiole *
FAT 0 Fruit 140000.0 200000.0 0.89 *
FAT 0 Seed 300000.0 600000.0 1.76 *
L-3-CARBOXYL-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDRO-BETA-CARBOLINE 0 Seed *
METHYL-GALLATE 16 Petiole *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Esophagus) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticancer (Mouth) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticariogenic 1 *
Anticataract 1 Shimizu, M., Horie, S., Terashima, S., Ueno, H., et al. 1989. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Natural Products.II. Active Components of a Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Para-parai mi,' Phyllanthus niruri. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(9): 2531-2532, 1989.
Antiedemic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antigingivitic 1 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
AntiGTF 1 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antihepatotoxic 1 *
Antiherpetic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
AntiHIV 1 Tan, G.T., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn,* A.D., Hughes, S.H. Evaluation Of Natural Products As Inhibitors Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reverse Transcriptase. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 143-154, 1991.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.