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

Plant Sterculia urens (Sterculiaceae)

Common Names
Karaya
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
ACETIC-ACID 16 Gum *
ALPHA-CELLULOSE 0 Wood 239248.0 -1.73 *
ASH 0 Gum 59200.0 1.00 *
BETA-D-GALACTOSE 0 Gum *
BETULIN 13 Bark 50.0 -0.40 Jim Duke's personal files.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 280000.0 -0.97 *
D-GALACTOSE 0 Gum *
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Gum *
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Gum *
FAT 0 Gum 2800.0 *
FAT 0 Seed 200000.0 260000.0 -0.03 *
FIBER 15 Gum 4100.0 *
FURFURAL 6 Gum 123000.0 *
GALACTOSE 1 Gum *
L-RHAMNOSE 0 Gum *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Seed 3740.0 4082.0 -0.04 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 4840.0 6292.0 -0.86 *
MUCILAGE 3 Gum 700000.0 750000.0 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 9300.0 12090.0 -0.14 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 133180.0 173134.0 0.44 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Okada,Y,et al.1995.Search for Naturally Occurring Substances to Prevent the Complications of Diabetes.II.Inhibitory Effect of Coumarin and Flavonoid Derivatives on Bovine Lens Aldose Reductase and Rabbit Platelet Aggregation.Chem Pharm Bull43(8):1385-1387
Allelochemic 1 (View) 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.
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiadrenergic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antialopecic 3 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 (View) *
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 (View) *