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Plant Euphorbia hirta (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Queensland Asthma Herb
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
MYRICYL-ALCOHOL 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf not available 46500.0 -1.65 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETOL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETRIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNETIN 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIC-ACID 41 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXEROL 2 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXERONE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf not available 781400.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHORHAMNIN 0 Plant not available not available not available 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
Antirheumatic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antisecretory 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiseptic 7 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic 7 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antistaphylococcic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitonsilitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *