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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hepatoprotective | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypoglycemic | 2 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 3 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Irritant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Larvicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lubricant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memory-Enhancer | 1 | Science News, 138: 189, 1990. |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Mosquitocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |