Editing Poinsettia (section)

==Chemical composition==
Pulcherrol and pulcherryl acetate are among the components of its latex.<ref name="pmid19943357">{{cite journal |vauthors=Singh SK, Yadav RP, Singh A |date=January 2010 |title=Molluscicides from some common medicinal plants of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India |url= |journal=[[Journal of Applied Toxicology]] |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=1–7 |doi=10.1002/jat.1498 |issn= |pmid=19943357 |s2cid=22369538 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="pmid6049711">{{cite journal |vauthors=Dominguez XA, Garcia Delgado J, De Lourdes Maffey M, Mares JG, Rombold C |date=September 1967 |title=Chemical study of the latex, stems, bracts, and flowers of "Christmas Flower" (''Euphorbia pulcherrima'') I |journal=[[Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences]] |volume=56 |issue=9 |pages=1184–5 contd |doi=10.1002/jps.2600560931 |pmid=6049711}}</ref> [[Triterpene]]s are found in aerial parts of the plant, including its latex and leaves.<ref name="pmid905409">{{cite journal |vauthors=Baas WJ |date=August 1977 |title=Triterpenes in latex of Euphorbia pulcherrima |url= |journal=[[Planta Medica]] |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1055/s-0028-1097550 |issn= |pmid=905409}}</ref><ref name="pmid8792663">{{cite journal |vauthors=Smith-Kielland I, Dornish JM, Malterud KE, Hvistendahl G, Rømming C, Bøckman OC, Kolsaker P, Stenstrøm Y, Nordal A |date=August 1996 |title=Cytotoxic triterpenoids from the leaves of Euphorbia pulcherrima |url= |journal=[[Planta Medica]] |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=322–5 |doi=10.1055/s-2006-957893 |issn= |pmid=8792663}}</ref><ref name="pmid30858048">{{cite journal |vauthors=Dai Y, Liu S, Xu J, Zhao C, Gu Q |date=April 2019 |title=Triterpenoids from Euphorbia pulcherrima with inhibitory effects on osteoclastogenesis |url= |journal=[[Fitoterapia]] |volume=134 |issue= |pages=355–361 |doi=10.1016/j.fitote.2019.02.028 |issn= |pmid=30858048 |s2cid=75139105}}</ref><ref name="pmid31773124">{{cite journal |vauthors=Yu CX, Wang RY, Qi FM, Su PJ, Yu YF, Li B, Zhao Y, Zhi DJ, Zhang ZX, Fei DQ |date=December 2019 |title=Eupulcherol A, a triterpenoid with a new carbon skeleton from Euphorbia pulcherrima, and its anti-Alzheimer's bioactivity |url= |journal=[[Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry]] |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=76–80 |doi=10.1039/c9ob02334h |issn= |pmid=31773124 |s2cid=208319578}}</ref> One such triterpenoid skeleton is being investigated for its anti-Alzheimer's disease bioactivity.<ref name="pmid31773124" />