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

Common Names

Happy Tree

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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
Antitumor-Promoter	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	4	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Astringent	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.
ATPase-Inhibitor	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat	2	Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Bradycardiac	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchodilator	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive	2	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *