Plant Croton eluteria (Euphorbiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
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
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Nematicide	3	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Nephrotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery	7	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide	15	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633.
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Renoirritant	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.
Sedative	5	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Spasmogenic	3	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal	2	Duke, 1992 *