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Plant Cinchona spp (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Quinine
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
10-METHOXYCINCHONAMINE 2 Stem not available not available not available Wealth of India.
3-ALPHA,17-ALPHA-CINCHOPHYLLINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
3-ALPHA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
3-EPIQUINAMINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ALIZARIN-2-METHYL-ETHER 3 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ALKALOIDS 0 Bark 50000.0 160000.0 1.59 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf not available 10000.0 0.06 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALPHA-QUINOVINE 0 Bark 5000.0 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ARICINE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed not available 60000.0 0.36 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-QUINOVINE 0 Bark 5000.0 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CATECHIN-TANNINS 0 Bark 30000.0 50000.0 -0.86 Duke, 1992 *
CATECHOL-TANNINS 0 Bark not available 80000.0 not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
CINCHOFULVIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINCHOLIC-ACID-BETA-D-QUINOVOSIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CINCHONAIN-IA 0 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CINCHONAIN-IB 0 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
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