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Common Names
Physic Nut; Purging Nut
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-KETO-BETA-SITOSTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-AMYRIN | 10 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARABINOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 1800.0 | 2880.0 | -0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | not available | 45000.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 4 | Seed | not available | 50000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | not available | 335000.0 | -0.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CURCIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CURCUSONES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DULCITOL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 300000.0 | 480000.0 | 1.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | not available | 155000.0 | 0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVITEXIN | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Collyrium | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Comedolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cosmetic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Demulcent | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diagnostic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Diuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Emollient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Estrogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Flatugenic | 3 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| FLavor | 3 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Gastroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Goitrogenic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |