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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Stillingia sylvatica (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Queen's-Delight; Stillingia; Queen's-Root; Yawroot
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
APOCININE 0 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 3100.0 -1.12 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant *
ECHIINE 0 Plant *
EO 0 Plant 30000.0 40000.0 2.30 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
FAT 0 Seed 30000.0 32000.0 -1.23 *
FIBER 15 Plant 139000.0 -0.62 *
GNIDILATIDIN 1 Root Adolf, W., Hecker, E. 1980. New Irritant Diterpene Esters from Roots of Stillingia sylvatica L. (Euphorbiaceae). Tetrahedron Lett., 21: 2887-2890
GNIDILATIN 1 Root 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.
HCN 9 Leaf Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
HCN 9 Plant *
PHORBOLS 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 2400.0 -0.57 *
PROSTATIN 0 Root 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.
PROSTRATIN 1 Root Adolf, W., Hecker, E. 1980. New Irritant Diterpene Esters from Roots of Stillingia sylvatica L. (Euphorbiaceae). Tetrahedron Lett., 21: 2887-2890
PROTEIN 0 Plant 217000.0 0.36 *
RESIN 0 Plant *
RESINIC-ACID 0 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
SILVACROL 0 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
STILLINGIA-FACTOR-S-1 0 Root Adolf, W., Hecker, E. 1980. New Irritant Diterpene Esters from Roots of Stillingia sylvatica L. (Euphorbiaceae). Tetrahedron Lett., 21: 2887-2890
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 *
Anthelmintic 1 *
Antiallergic 1 *
Antianxiety 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic 1 *
Antiarthritic 1 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 1 *
Anticancer 1 *
Anticariogenic 1 *
Anticlimacteric 1 *
Antidepressant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 1 *
Antidiarrheic 1 *
Antidote 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidysenteric 1 *
Antihepatotoxic 1 *