An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Plant Cryptostegia grandifolia (Asclepiadaceae)

Common Names
Rubber Vine
How this plant is used
Medicinal

Select a Results View:

View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
16-ANHYDROGITOXIGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
16-DESACETYL-ANHYDROCRYPTOGRANDOSIDE-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
16-DESACETYL-ANHYDROCRYPTOGRANDOSIDE-B 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
16-PROPIONYLGITOXIGENIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 4040.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Leaf not available 83000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Seed not available 47000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOGRANDOSIDES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-SARMENTOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 108000.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
GITOXIGENIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available 29820.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANDRIGENIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANDRIGENIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available 41525.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available 9340.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Seed not available 175000.0 1.87 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hemopoietic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypocholesterolemic 3 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypoglycemic 1 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypotensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Insectifuge 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Irritant 2 Merck 11th Edition
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leucocytogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.