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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 *
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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
AntiHIV 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 1 Kroes, B.H., et al. 1991. Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Gallic Acid. Planta Medica, 58(6): 499.
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMRSA 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinephritic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinitrosaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiproteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 2 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
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.
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 2 Duke, 1992 *