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