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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
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 4 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 6 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypothermic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insect-Repellent 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 10 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge? 1 Martindale's 28th
Insectiphile 1 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Irritant 10 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic 1 Martindale's 28th