Common Names
Castorbean
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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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. |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Paralytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
Perfumery | 4 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
Pesticide | 20 | Duke, 1992 * |
PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Phagocytotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Phytoalexin | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
PKC-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
Preservative | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Propecic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Prostaglandigenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
Protisticide | 2 | Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105. |
PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Pyrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 3 | Ahn, D., Putt, D., Kresty, L., Stoner, G. D., Fromm, D., Hollenberg, P. F. 1996. The Effects of Dietary Ellagic Acid on Rat Hepatic and Esophageal Mucosal Cytochromes P450 and Phase II Enzymes. Carcinogenesis, 17(4): 821-828. |