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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Cnidoscolus chayamansa (Euphorbiaceae)

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
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 540.0 4100.0 -0.16 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 620.0 3100.0 -1.18 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 62000.0 310000.0 0.98 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 3.0 25.0 -0.06 *
SERINE 1 Leaf 2045.0 10230.0 -0.12 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 2.0 15.0 1.40 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf 2045.0 10230.0 0.15 *
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 2170.0 10850.0 0.79 *
VALINE 3 Leaf 3040.0 15190.0 0.70 *
WATER 0 Leaf 764000.0 811000.0 0.02 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Aphrodisiac 1 *
Apoptotic 1 *
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 *
Beta-Blocker 1 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 10 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardioprotective 3 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Circulotonic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 1 *
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 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Detoxicant 1 *
Diuretic 4 *
Emetic 1 Martindale's 29th