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.
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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
Antiobesity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiotitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antipellagric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphotophobic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiproliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiradicular	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirenitic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	2	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antispasmodic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antivaginitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge	1	Lugemwa, F.N., Huang, F-Y., Bentley, M.D., Mendel, M.J., and Alford, A.R. 1990. A Heliothis zea Antifeedant from the Abundant Birchbark Triterpene Betulin. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38(2): 493-494.