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Common Names
Purging Croton
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Seed | 1800.0 | 3000.0 | -0.93 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AMYLASE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 4500.0 | 7500.0 | 0.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 40000.0 | 60000.0 | 0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROTIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROTOFOLIN-A | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROTONOSIDE | 0 | Seed | 10000.0 | 38000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 300000.0 | 500000.0 | 1.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 2400.0 | 4000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCEROL | 8 | Seed | 21600.0 | 36000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| INGENOL-3,20-DIBENZOATE | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INVERTIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOGUANORIBOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed | 150.0 | 250.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 57000.0 | 95000.0 | -0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIPASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 22500.0 | 37500.0 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 111000.0 | 185000.0 | 0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 2700.0 | 4500.0 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acaricide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acidulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Allergenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92. |
| Anemiagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAIDS | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antialopecic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antibacterial | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticoronary | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiear-wax | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antieczemic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |