Euphorbia tirucalli L.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Milky juice of young stem
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Milky juice ofthe young stems, collected to a cotton cloth, is applied on painful joints to treat rheumatism
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Sitosterol, stigmasterol, campesterol, palmitic and linoleic acids from callus; proteolytic enzymes: euphorbains t1–t4 from latex; triterpenes: euphorginol, euphorcinol from fresh stem bark and euphol, 4-deoxyphorbol esters and diesters from plant
Bioactivity :
Aqueous and methanol extract of stem: antibacterial; latex: anti-inflammatory; aqueous extract of aerial parts: antioxidative, hepatoprotective; 4-deoxyphorbol esters: enhances Epstein- bar virus infection of B lymphocytes, skin irritant, tumor promotor; latex and stem bark extracts: Culex quinquefasciatus larvicidal; biopolymeric fraction of plant: antiarthritic; euphol: cytotoxic againt human gastric cancer cells
Clinical:
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