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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
NORISOBOLDINE 0 Plant Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
P-CYMENE 16 Plant Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
PHENOLS 0 Plant Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
PROANTHOCYANIDINS 34 Latex Exudate 900000.0 *
PROCYANIDIN 11 Latex Exudate *
PROCYANIDIN-B-1 1 Plant *
PROCYANIDIN-B-4 4 Plant *
PRODELPHINIDIN 1 Latex Exudate *
RESIN 0 Plant Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
SINOACUTINE 1 Leaf 1.0 *
SITOSTEROL 0 Latex Exudate *
SITOSTEROL-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Latex Exudate *
TANNIN 35 Plant 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 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Plant Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
THALIPORPHINE 0 Leaf *
VANILLIN 28 Plant 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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Larvicide 1 *
Laxative 2 *
Lipotropic 1 *
Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Litholytic 1 Martindale's 28th
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
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 *
Neuroprotective 2 *
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.
NO-Inhibitor 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 3 *
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Pancreatogenic 1 *
Paralytic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.