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

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Sandbox Tree

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
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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiradicular	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiserotonin	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antispasmodic	3	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antistaphylococcic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombic	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antitumor	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	2	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	2	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Arteriodilator	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	3	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.