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Plant Croton lechleri (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Sangre de Drago; Sangre de Grado; Sangre de Dragon; Dragons Blood
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
NORISOBOLDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
P-CYMENE 16 Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
PHENOLS 0 Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
PROANTHOCYANIDINS 34 Latex Exudate not available 900000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN 11 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-1 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-4 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PRODELPHINIDIN 1 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
SINOACUTINE 1 Leaf not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
TASPINE 12 Latex Exudate 13000.0 204000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
THALIPORPHINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Plant not available not available not available Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
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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
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant 3 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antiallergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamebic 1 Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Antianaphylactic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis., 4:203, 1982.
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 20 Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *