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Common Names
Physic Nut; Purging Nut
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATER | 0 | Seed | not available | 66000.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLOSE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antifeedant | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 3 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 3 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| AntiHIV | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinflammatory | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiketotic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antileukemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukotriene-D4 | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiMS | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |