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Plant Guazuma tomentosa (Sterculiaceae)

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
3-O-ACETYLOLEANOLIC-ACID 1 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark not available 270.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN 13 Bark not available 17.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN 13 Tb not available 17.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
FRIEDELIN 2 Bark not available 430.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDELIN 2 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDELIN-3ALPHA-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDELIN-3BETA-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFERITRIN 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXEROL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 3 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 2 Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.