Plant Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Castorbean

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 Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(9S,10R)-9,10-DIHYDROXYSTEARIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
3,4-DIMETHOXY-6,8-DIHYDROXY-COUMARIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
30-NOR-LUPAN-3-BETA-OL-20-ONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
6,7-DIHYDROXY-8-METHOXY-COUMARIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
9,10-DIOXYSTEARIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AGMATINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALBUMIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Oil	not available	9.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
AMYLASE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ASH	0	Leaf	not available	124000.0	0.09	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ASH	0	Seed	20000.0	22000.0	-0.78	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	not available	26700.0	0.56	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	not available	574000.0	-0.30	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	31000.0	70000.0	-1.80	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CASBENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATALASE	1	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for 11B-HSD-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	3 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for 5-HT-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient)	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	5 (View Chemicals list for ACE-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Additive	1 (View Chemicals list for Additive)	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	9 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic)	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	2 (View Chemicals list for Allelopathic)	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	4 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	9 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic)	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anemiagenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Angiogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1 (View Chemicals list for Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker)	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic)	Martindale's 28th
Antiacne	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne)	Duke, 1992 *