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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Guazuma tomentosa (Sterculiaceae)

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
3-O-ACETYLOLEANOLIC-ACID 1 Stem *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark 270.0 0.64 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Stem *
BETULIN 13 Bark 17.0 -0.41 *
BETULIN 13 Tb 17.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
FRIEDELIN 2 Bark 430.0 -1.00 *
FRIEDELIN 2 Stem *
FRIEDELIN-3ALPHA-ACETATE 0 Leaf *
FRIEDELIN-3BETA-OL 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFERITRIN 1 Flower *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Stem *
QUERCETIN 176 Flower *
TARAXEROL 2 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 1 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 2 (View) *
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 2 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antiarthritic 1 (View) *