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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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. |