Plant Hura crepitans (Euphorbiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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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
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYROSPERMOL	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CREPITIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HURAIN	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HURATOXIN	3	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HURINE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL	8	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antidysmenorrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifertility	2	Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiherpetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiimplantation	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	3	Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antilymphocytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimutagenic	2	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antineoplastic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic?	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinitrosaminic	2	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antioxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	1	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiplaque	1	Duke, 1992 *