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Plant Calotropis sp. (Asclepiadaceae)

Common Names

Giant Milkweed

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 Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	139000.0	190000.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	39900.0	54900.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *
PROCEROSIDE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	270000.0	301000.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOCALOTROPAGENIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SYRIOGENIN	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL-BENZOATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPSIN	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
USCHARIDIN	2	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
USCHARIN	1	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UZARIGENIN	2	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VORUSCHARIN	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	not available	74000.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *

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