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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Guazuma ulmifolia (Sterculiaceae)

Common Names
Bay Cedar
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
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
CAFFEINE 62 Leaf *
FRIEDELIN-3ALPHA-ACETATE 0 Plant *
FRIEDELIN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant *
MUCILAGE 3 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Choleretic 1 *
CNS-Stimulant 1 *
Coronary-Dilator 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Demulcent 1 *
Diuretic 1 *
Energizer 1 *
Ergotamine-Enhancer 1 Martindale's 29th
Estrogenic 1 *
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
FLavor 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hepatoprotective 1 *
Herbicide 1 *
Hypertensive 1 *
Hypocholesterolemic 2 Martindale's 30th
Hypoglycemic 2 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Insecticide 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Lypolytic 1 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Myorelaxant 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.