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Plant Aleurites fordii (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Tungoil Tree
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
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 *
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
Antiseptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitumor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 4 Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Astringent 1 Martindale's 29th
Cancer-Preventive 4 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candida-SAP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide 1 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cytotoxic 2 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 359.