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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | 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. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | 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. |
| PEROXIDASE | 0 | 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. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | not available | 4600.0 | -0.07 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| PIMELIC-ACID | 0 | 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. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 248000.0 | 0.36 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 120000.0 | 250000.0 | 0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 1 | Leaf | not available | 310.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 4.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCITRIN | 44 | 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. |
| REDUCTASE | 0 | 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. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -0.97 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| RIBONUCLEASE | 2 | 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. |
| RICIN | 12 | Seed | not available | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RICININE | 3 | Leaf | 700.0 | 5500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RICINOLEIC-ACID | 7 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RICINOLEIC-ACID-ESTERS | 0 | Seed | 43200.0 | 48600.0 | 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. |
| RUTIN | 87 | Leaf | not available | 2000.0 | -0.88 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194. |
| Antihistaminic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperkinetic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 4 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antihyperthyroid | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiimplantation | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinfarctal | 1 | Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinflammatory | 19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinsomniac | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiinsomnic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |