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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Names

Karaya

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

Download these results as:

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 *

Download these results as:

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
Sweetener	1	Martindale's 28th
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ulcerogenic	1	HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uterosedative	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Vasodilator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *