Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Ailanthus altissima (Simaroubaceae)

Common Names
Stinktree, Tree Of Heaven
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-(1',2'-DIHYDROXYETHYL)-4-METHOXY-BETA-CARBOLINE 0 Root Bark *
1-(2'-HYDROXYETHYL)-4-METHOXY-BETA-CARBOLINE 0 Root Bark *
1-ACETYL-4-METHOXY-BETA-CARBOLINE 0 Root Bark *
1-HYDROXYCANTHIN-6-ONE 0 Tissue Culture *
1-METHOXYCANTHIN-6-ONE 3 Wood *
1-METHOXYCANTHIN-6-ONE-3N-OXIDE 0 Root Bark *
2,6-DIMETHOXY-P-BENZOQUINONE 3 Bark *
2,6-DIMETHOXYQUINONE 0 Plant *
ACETYLAMAROLIDE 0 Bark *
AILANTHIIN 0 Plant 49600.0 *
AILANTHINONE 8 Bark *
AILANTHONE 8 Fruit *
AMAROLIDE 0 Bark *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant *
CANTHIN-6-ONE 8 Wood *
CANTHIN-6-ONE-3-OXIDE 0 Wood *
CARBOLINE-1-CARBOXYLATE 0 Bark *
CELLULOSE 1 Bark *
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 2 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Amebicide 3 (View) *
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiadrenergic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 2 (View) *
Antiaggregant 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 333.
Antiaging 1 (View) *