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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |