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Plant Euphorbia tirucalli (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Aveloz
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
12-O-(2Z)(4E)-OCTADIENOYL-4-DEOXYPHORBOL-13-ACETATE 1 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,3'-DI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Latex Exudate 28000.0 38000.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant not available 74000.0 2.00 Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUPHOL 1 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUPHORONE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANOL 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUPHORAL 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAMEPFEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPOGENIN-ACETATES 0 Plant not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXERIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TIRUCALLOL 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitubercular 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 2 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.
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Artemicide 1 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.
Astringent 1 Martindale's 29th
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchiphobe 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Cancer-Preventive 3 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candida-SAP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide 1 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 359.