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Plant Croton eluteria (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Cascarilla
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
DIPENTENE 7 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Bark 15000.0 30000.0 1.66 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUPAROPHENOL 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINEOL 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN 13 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-THYMOL 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIC-ACID 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Bark not available 150000.0 1.56 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Bark 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
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 2 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 2 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 Merck 11th Edition
Anesthetic 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antiallergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis., 4:203, 1982.