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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
ALPHA-CALACORENE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE 14 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CASCARILLADIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CASCARILLIC-ACID 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CASCARILLIDONE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CASCARILLIN-A 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CASCARILLONE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINEOLE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUPARENE 1 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUPAROPHENOL 0 Bark not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
D-LIMONENE 19 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
Chemopreventive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 3 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytotoxic 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Dermatitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue 1 Wealth of India.
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ethanolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 4 Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp.
FLavor 10 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 6 Duke, 1992 *