Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Euphorbia lathyris (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Caper Spurge, Mole Plant
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
16-HYDROXYINGENOL 0 Plant *
3,4-DIOXYPHENYLALANINE 0 Latex Exudate 5000.0 *
6,20-EPOXYLATHYROL-5,10-DIACETATE-3-PHENYLACETATE 0 Plant *
7-HYDROXYLATHYROL 0 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf *
BETULIN 13 Plant *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Latex Exudate *
DAPHNETIN 5 Seed *
EUPHORBETIN 0 Seed *
EUPHORBIASTEROID 0 Seed *
FAT 0 Seed 400000.0 475000.0 1.10 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf *
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Stem *
INGENOL-3-HEXADECANIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf *
L-DOPA 25 Latex Exudate 17000.0 *
LATHYROLS 0 Seed *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 340000.0 365500.0 2.03 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Immunostimulant 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Inotropic 2 (View) *
Insectifuge 3 (View) Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insulinogenic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
JNK-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Juvabional 1 (View) 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.
Larvistat 1 (View) 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.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 (View) *
Metal-Chelator 1 (View) McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 (View) Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Miotic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 (View) *