Plant Euphorbia lathyris (Euphorbiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Caper Spurge; Mole Plant

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
16-HYDROXYINGENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIOXYPHENYLALANINE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6,20-EPOXYLATHYROL-5,10-DIACETATE-3-PHENYLACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-HYDROXYLATHYROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAPHNETIN	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUPHORBETIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUPHORBIASTEROID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	400000.0	475000.0	1.10	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANE	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INGENOL-3-HEXADECANIC-ACID-ESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCURONIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-DOPA	25	Latex Exudate	not available	17000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LATHYROLS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	340000.0	365500.0	2.03	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Leaf	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	2	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	3	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Duke, 1992 *