Croton tiglium
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| Purging Croton | |
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| Croton tiglium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Crotoneae |
| Genus: | Croton |
| Species: | C. tiglium |
| Binomial name | |
| Croton tiglium L.[1] (1753) | |
Croton tiglium, known as Purging Croton, is a plant species in the Euphorbiaceae family. C. tiglium is also called JamaalGota in Hindi and Urdu.
Traditional uses
C. tiglium is one of the 50 fundamental herbs of used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name bā dòu (Chinese: 巴豆). C. tiglium is known as Japaala in Sinhala and used in Sinhala traditional medical system of Sri Lanka.
Chemical constituents
Major known chemical constituents are glyceryl crotonate, crotonic acid, crotonic resin, and the tumor-promoting phorbol esters phorbol formate, phorbol butyrate, and phorbol crotonate.
See also
- Chinese herbology 50 fundamental herbs
References
- ↑ "Croton tiglium information from NPGS/GRIN". Retrieved 2008-02-19.
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