Plant Jatropha gossypifolia (Euphorbiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Spanish Physic Nut

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
2-PIPEONYLIDENE-2-VERYTRYL-3-R-GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GADAIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTAMINE	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPHYTOSTEROL	0	Bark	not available	3500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JATROPHINE	0	Bark	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JATROPHOLONES	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JATROPHONE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiandrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	3	Recio, M. C., Rios, J. L., and Villar, A., A review of some antimicrobial compounds isolated from medicinal plants reported in the literature 1978-1988, Phytotherapy Research, 3(4), 1989, 117-125.
Antibradiquinic	1	Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *