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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
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Litholytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Mycobactericide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Perfumery 1 Merck 11th Edition
Pesticide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Ahn, D., Putt, D., Kresty, L., Stoner, G. D., Fromm, D., Hollenberg, P. F. 1996. The Effects of Dietary Ellagic Acid on Rat Hepatic and Esophageal Mucosal Cytochromes P450 and Phase II Enzymes. Carcinogenesis, 17(4): 821-828.
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Sunscreen 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229