Plant Cnidoscolus chayamansa (Euphorbiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chaya

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALANINE	3	Leaf	2850.0	14260.0	0.39	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Leaf	6945.0	34720.0	1.06	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	1960.0	12200.0	0.69	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	17000.0	130000.0	0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Leaf	8495.0	42470.0	0.97	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	60.0	425.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	2260.0	21050.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	61000.0	305000.0	-2.44	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Leaf	1055.0	5270.0	1.98	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	16000.0	80000.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	19000.0	130000.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Leaf	11780.0	58900.0	1.13	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Leaf	2170.0	10850.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	50.0	600.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Plant	1920.0	9610.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Leaf	3600.0	17980.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Leaf	3040.0	15190.0	0.53	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Leaf	745.0	3720.0	0.53	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	2.0	85.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Leaf	3720.0	18600.0	2.15	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	10	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardioprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Martindale's 29th