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Plant Cinchona pubescens (Rubiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Quinine, Red Cinchona, Red Peruvian-Bark, Redbark
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
38 (-)-EPICATECHIN Bark -- -- -- *
1 1-HYDROXY-2-HYDROXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
2 10-METHOXYCINCHONAMINE Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
2 10-METHOXYCINCHONAMINE Leaf -- -- -- *
0 2,4,5-TRIHYDROXY-1-METHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
0 2-HYDROXY-1,3,4,6-TETRAMETHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
0 2-HYDROXY-1,3,4-TRIMETHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
3 3-ALPHA,17-ALPHA-CINCHOPHYLLINE Stem -- -- -- *
3 3-ALPHA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE Stem -- -- -- *
3 3-ALPHA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE Leaf -- -- -- *
3 3-BETA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE Leaf -- -- -- *
0 3-EPIQUINAMINE Leaf -- -- -- *
0 6,7-DIHYDROXY-1-METHOXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
11 ALIZARIN Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
2 ALIZARIN-1-METHYL-ETHER Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
3 ALIZARIN-2-METHYL-ETHER Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
0 ALKALOIDS Bark 50000.0 150000.0 1.44 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
0 ANTHRAGALLOL-1,2-DIMETHYL-ETHER Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
102 CAFFEIC-ACID Leaf -- -- -- *
102 CAFFEIC-ACID Bark -- -- -- *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.