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

Plant Camptotheca acuminata (Cornaceae)

Common Names
Happy Tree
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
10-HYDROXYCAMPTOTHECIN 10 Root *
11-HYDROXYCAMPTOTHECIN 0 Plant *
20-HEXANOYL-10-METHOXYCAMPTOTHECIN 0 Bark *
20-HEXANOYLCAMPTOTHECIN 0 Bark *
BETULIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPTOTHECIN 19 Seed 300.0 *
CAMPTOTHECIN 19 Stem 100.0 *
DEOXYCAMPTOTHECIN 0 Fruit *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf *
TRIFOLIN 2 Leaf *
TRIMETHYLELLAGIC-ACID 0 Root *
VENOTERPENE 0 Root *
VINCOSIDE-LACTAM 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 333.
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiallergenic 1 (View) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 1 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiangiogenic 2 (View) *
Antiarthritic 1 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 2 (View) Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.