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Plant Croton tiglium (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Purging Croton
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
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 *

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5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 1 (View Chemicals list for Acaricide) Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 (View Chemicals list for Acidulant) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic) Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic) Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92.
Anemiagenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anemiagenic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne) Duke, 1992 *
AntiAIDS 1 (View Chemicals list for AntiAIDS) Merck 11th Edition
Antialopecic 3 (View Chemicals list for Antialopecic) Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antianaphylactic) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 (View Chemicals list for Antiandrogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiarteriosclerotic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiarthritic) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antibacterial 2 (View Chemicals list for Antibacterial) Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticataract) Martindale's 29th
Anticoronary 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticoronary) 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 (View Chemicals list for Antiear-wax) Martindale's 29th
Antieczemic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antieczemic) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.