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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.
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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Antiulcer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antiyeast 2 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 5 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 4 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carminative 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *