Plant Daphne mezereum (Thymelaeaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Names

Spurge Laurel; Spurge Olive

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
12-HYDROXYDAPHNETOXIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXY-7-HYDROXY-3,7'-DICOUMARYLETHER	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COCOGNINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COCOGNINIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAPHNETOXIN	1	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAPHNETOXIN	1	Seed	not available	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAPHNIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAPHNOPSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAPHNORETIN	2	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	60000.0	654000.0	2.05	Duke, 1992 *
HESPERIDIN	31	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEZEREIN	3	Fruit	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	75000.0	244000.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERTONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Hypocholesterolemic	1	Martindale's 30th
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.
Hypolipidemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
ProHLDL	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sialogogue	1	Martindale's 29th
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Sweetener	1	Merck 11th Edition
Toxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Triglycerigenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uricogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Martindale's 29th