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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Euphorbia tirucalli (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Aveloz
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
12-O-(2Z)(4E)-OCTADIENOYL-4-DEOXYPHORBOL-13-ACETATE 1 Latex Exudate *
3,3'-DI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 0 Stem *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Stem *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Latex Exudate 28000.0 38000.0 -0.39 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant 74000.0 2.00 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Stem *
EUPHOL 1 Latex Exudate *
EUPHORONE 0 Latex Exudate *
GLUCOSE 7 Plant *
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Stem *
HENTRIACONTANOL 0 Stem *
ISOEUPHORAL 0 Latex Exudate *
KAMEPFEROL 0 Plant *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant *
RESIN 0 Latex Exudate *
SAPOGENIN-ACETATES 0 Plant 1000.0 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Latex Exudate *
TARAXERIN 0 Stem *
TIRUCALLOL 0 Latex Exudate *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Esophagus) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticancer (Mouth) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticariogenic 1 *
Anticataract 1 Shimizu, M., Horie, S., Terashima, S., Ueno, H., et al. 1989. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Natural Products.II. Active Components of a Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Para-parai mi,' Phyllanthus niruri. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(9): 2531-2532, 1989.
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiedemic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiestrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic 1 *
Antigingivitic 1 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
AntiGTF 1 *
Antihepatotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
AntiHIV 1 Tan, G.T., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn,* A.D., Hughes, S.H. Evaluation Of Natural Products As Inhibitors Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reverse Transcriptase. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 143-154, 1991.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperthyroid 1 *
Antiinflammatory 3 *