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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Calotropis sp. (Asclepiadaceae)

Common Names
Giant Milkweed
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
3-O-ACETYL-CALOTROPIN 0 Plant *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Bark *
ALPHA-AMYRIN-BENZOATE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-CALOTROPEOL 0 Plant *
ALPHA-LACTUCEROL 0 Latex Exudate *
ALPHA-LACTUCERYL-ACETATE 0 Latex Exudate *
ALPHA-LACTUCERYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Latex Exudate *
ARABINOSE 0 Leaf *
ASCLEPIIN 0 Bark *
ASH 0 Seed 65500.0 0.53 *
BENZOYLISOLINEOLONE 0 Root *
BENZOYLLINEOLONE 0 Root *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Bark *
BETA-AMYRIN-BENZOATE 0 Plant *
BETA-CALOTROPEOL 0 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark *
CALACTIN 1 Latex Exudate *
CALOTOXIN 1 Latex Exudate *
CALOTROPAGENIN 0 Leaf *
CALOTROPIN 3 Latex Exudate *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antichilblain 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticoronary 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antieczemic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 5 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiestrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant 1 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antiflu 1 (View) Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antigonadotrophic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigranular 1 (View) *
Antihepatotoxic 2 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiherpetic 1 (View) Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihistaminic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiinflammatory 7 (View) *
Antiketotic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antileukemic 1 (View) *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 (View) *
Antilymphomic 1 (View) *