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
GERMANICYL-TETRACOSANOATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GALACTOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOSIDE	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOSYL-GALACTOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOSYL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-ACETYLDIAMINOBUTYRIC-ACID	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAEICOSANOL	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PULCHEROL	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-0-GALACTOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-RHAMNOSYL-GALACTOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-RHAMNOSYL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	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
CNS-Depressant	1	Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
CNS-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic?	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fungicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemostat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.