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Plant 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
12-O-PALMITOYL-16-HYDROXYPHORBOL-13-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
12-O-PALMITOYL-4,16-DIHYDROXYPHORBOL-13-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
12-O-PALMITOYL-4-DEOXY-16-HYDROXYLUMIPHORBOL-13-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
12-O-PALMITOYL-4-DEOXY-16-HYDROXYPHORBOL-13-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
13-ACETYL-16-HYDROXYPHORBOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
16-HYDROXYPHORBOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,3',4-TRI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 3 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,3'-DI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 0 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID 0 Seed 225000.0 450000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-6'-LINOLYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-6'-PALMITYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-6'-STEARYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 140000.0 200000.0 0.89 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 300000.0 600000.0 1.76 Duke, 1992 *
L-3-CARBOXYL-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDRO-BETA-CARBOLINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-GALLATE 16 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antihyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antimutagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 6 Osawa, T. Phenolic Antioxidants in Dietary Plants as Antimutagens.Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.11 p.142.
Antiperiodontic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 1 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiplaque 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 1 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.