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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Jatropha gossypifolia (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Spanish Physic 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
2-PIPEONYLIDENE-2-VERYTRYL-3-R-GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE 0 Seed *
APIGENIN 101 Leaf *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
CURCIN 0 Seed *
GADAIN 0 Plant *
HISTAMINE 18 Leaf *
ISOPHYTOSTEROL 0 Bark 3500.0 *
ISOVITEXIN 4 Leaf *
JATROPHINE 0 Bark 4000.0 *
JATROPHOLONES 1 Plant *
JATROPHONE 2 Root *
TANNIN 35 Leaf *
VITEXIN 18 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 1 (View) *
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 2 (View) *
Antibacterial 3 (View) 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 (View) Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Anticancer 1 (View) *