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
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
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 *