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
Antiseptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiserotonin	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antispasmodic	4	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitremor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitrypanosomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	3	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.