Common Names
Spurge
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Immunomodulator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Immunostimulant | 1 | McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82. |
Immunosuppressant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Insulin-Sparing | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Myorelaxant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Nephrotoxic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
NO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Pesticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Psychotropic | 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. |
Styptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 1 | Hamada, S. I., Kataoka, T., Woo, J. T., Yamada, A., Yoshida, T., Nishimura, T., Otake, N., Nagai, K. 1997. Immunosuppressive Effects by Gallic Acid and Chebulagic Acid on CTL-Mediated Cytotoxicity. Biol Pharm Bull, 20: 1017-1019. |
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229 |