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Plant Chamaesyce hypericifolia (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Spurge
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHORBOL-ESTERS 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiallergenic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antianaphylactic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antibacterial 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antihepatotoxic 2 Okuda, T., Yoshida, T., and Hatano, T. Antioxidant Effects of Tannins and Related Polyphenols. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.7 p.93.
Antiherpetic 1 Duke, 1992 *