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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antivaricose	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral	3	Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Aphidifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Atherogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133.
Cancer-Preventive	9	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic	2	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	1	Duke, 1992 *