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Plant Croton eluteria (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Cascarilla
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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 *
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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
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticoronary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidrepanocytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 95.
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigastritic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *