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

Common Names

Poinsettia

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
2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA,GAMMA-DIAMINOBUTYRIC-ACID	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-D-GLUCOSIDE	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BREIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-2,4,6-TRIENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROBRASSICASTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPI-GERMANICYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMANICOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMANICYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMANICYL-BEHENATE	0	Plant	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
Antileukotriene	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	1	Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary*, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimelanogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	1	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinociceptive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	2	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant	2	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal	1	Duke, 1992 *