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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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Plant *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN 7 Plant *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Plant *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Plant *
1,3,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZENE 1 Latex Exudate *
2,4,6-TRIMETHOXYPHENOL 1 Latex Exudate *
3',4-O-DIMETHYLCEDRUSIN 0 Latex Exudate *
3,4-DIMETHOXYBENZENYL-ALCOHOL 0 Latex Exudate *
3,4-DIMETHOXYPHENOL 0 Plant *
4-HYDROXYPHENETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Latex Exudate *
4-HYDROXYPHENETHYL-ALCOHOL-ACETATE 0 Latex Exudate *
4-O-DIMETHYLCEDRUSIN 1 Latex Exudate *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
ALPHA-CALACORENE 0 Plant Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Plant Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Plant Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Plant Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
BETA-PINENE 13 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
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Cathartic 1 *
Chelator 2 *
Chemopreventive 2 *
Choleretic 3 *
Choline-Sparing 1 *
Cicatrizant 1 *
CNS-Depressant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Coleoptophile 1 *
Collagenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Collagenic 1 *
COMP-Inhibitor 2 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 *
Curaroid 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytotoxic 4 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.