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Common Names
Tungoil Tree
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Juvabional | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Lubricant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Nematicide | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 1 | Ahn, D., Putt, D., Kresty, L., Stoner, G. D., Fromm, D., Hollenberg, P. F. 1996. The Effects of Dietary Ellagic Acid on Rat Hepatic and Esophageal Mucosal Cytochromes P450 and Phase II Enzymes. Carcinogenesis, 17(4): 821-828. |
| Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Sunscreen | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999. |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229 |