Plant Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bird Of Paradise

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
2,6-DIMETHOXYBENZOQUINONE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4'-METHYLISOLIQUIRITIGENIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-BETA-CINNAMOYL-7-BETA-HYDROXY-VOUACAPEN-5-ALPHA-OL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXYPULCHERRIMIN	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8,9,11,14-DIDEHYDROVOUACAPEN-5-ALPHA-OL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-METHOXYBONDUCELLIN	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CAESALPIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BONDUCELLIN	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGITANNIN	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOMANNAN	0	Seed	not available	344000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOMANNOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCODELPHINIDIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL-ACETATE	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Seed	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
TOPO-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
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 *
Uricosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vasomotor-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	4	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