Plant Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Physic Nut; Purging Nut

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
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	87960.0	162240.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	3300.0	5280.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	5400.0	8640.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
N-1-TRIACONTANOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	109440.0	199680.0	0.66	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	39900.0	65325.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed	4200.0	6720.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	162000.0	186000.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	26400.0	87360.0	1.33	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-5-ENE-3-BETA-7-ALPHA-DIOL	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-5-ENE-3-BETA-7-BETA-DIOL	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Resin, Exudate, Sap	116000.0	187000.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN	18	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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antialcoholic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialopecic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.