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Plant Quillaja saponaria (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Soapbark
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Bark not available 110000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCURONIC-ACID 4 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUILLAIC-ACID 2 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SACCHAROSE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS 5 Bark 90000.0 100000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Bark not available 150000.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
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Absorbent 1 (View Chemicals list for Absorbent) Martindale's 29th
Anthelmintic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anthelmintic) Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 1 (View Chemicals list for Antibacterial) Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer) Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticariogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidiarrheic) Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Camphor) 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidote (Camphor)) Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Iodine) 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidote (Iodine)) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Morphine) 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidote (Morphine)) Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidysenteric) Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antihepatomic) Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antihepatotoxic) Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 1 (View Chemicals list for AntiHIV) Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive 1 (View Chemicals list for Antihypertensive) Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antilipolytic) Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antimutagenic) Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antinephritic) Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinesidioblastosic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antinesidioblastosic) Martindale's 29th
Antiophidic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiophidic) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 1 (View Chemicals list for Antioxidant) Duke, 1992 *