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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
TRYPSIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERIC-ACID 9 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed not available 60000.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihysteric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiinflammatory 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antileukemic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antileukotriene-D4 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiMS 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antineuralgic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiotitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antisalmonella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 1 Duke, 1992 *