Plant Sterculia urens (Sterculiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Karaya

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	35640.0	46332.0	0.26	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Gum	not available	6300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	not available	350000.0	1.03	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Gum	17.0	31.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	4020.0	5226.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Gum	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID	0	Gum	not available	319100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Gum	120000.0	240000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antiarthritic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiasthmatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidecubitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic	1	Duke, 1992 *