Plant Camptotheca acuminata (Cornaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Happy Tree

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
10-HYDROXYCAMPTOTHECIN	10	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11-HYDROXYCAMPTOTHECIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
20-HEXANOYL-10-METHOXYCAMPTOTHECIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
20-HEXANOYLCAMPTOTHECIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPTOTHECIN	19	Seed	not available	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPTOTHECIN	19	Stem	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYCAMPTOTHECIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOLIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIMETHYLELLAGIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VENOTERPENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VINCOSIDE-LACTAM	0	Fruit	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
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiproteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	2	Planta Medica, 56(6): 695, 1990.
Antisarcomic	2	J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antiseptic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antispasmodic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	3	J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antitumor (Colon)	3	J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antitumor (Lung)	3	J. Ethnopharmacology, 32: 117.
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *