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
Antiulcer 3 (View) *
Antiviral 5 (View) Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Aphidifuge 1 (View) Lugemwa, F.N., Huang, F-Y., Bentley, M.D., Mendel, M.J., and Alford, A.R. 1990. A Heliothis zea Antifeedant from the Abundant Birchbark Triterpene Betulin. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38(2): 493-494.
Aphrodisiac 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Apoptotic 3 (View) *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Arrhythmigenic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Artemicide 1 (View) Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 (View) 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.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 1 (View) *
Bradycardiac 1 (View) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Cancer-Preventive 6 (View) Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 3 (View) Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 2 (View) Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Cardiac 1 (View) 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.
Cardiovascular 1 (View) Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.