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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
WATER	0	Seed	not available	66000.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Uricogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Vasodilator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Martindale's 29th
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *