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Plant Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae)

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 Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
INVERTASE 0 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.
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf 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.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 1 Leaf not available 18.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available 28.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
L-(+)-NORLEUCINE 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.
LECITHIN 20 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.
LECTINS 0 Seed 1000.0 7000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 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.
LIPASE 0 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.
MALTASE 0 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.
MANNOSE 3 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.
N-DEMETHYLRICININE 0 Leaf 80.0 160.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTYLALDEHYDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 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.
NIACIN 39 Seed not available 13.0 -0.89 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NUCLEOALBUMIN 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.
OLEIC-ACID 18 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.
OXIDASE 0 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.
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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
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiadhesive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 4 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAIDS 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 4 Martindale's 28th
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianginal 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antianxiety 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *