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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Antifibrosarcomic 1 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigiardial 1 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiGTF 1 *
Antihepatotoxic 4 Okuda, T., Yoshida, T., and Hatano, T. Antioxidant Effects of Tannins and Related Polyphenols. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.7 p.93.
Antiherpetic 2 *
Antihistaminic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiHIV 4 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiinflammatory 6 *
Antileishmanic 2 *
Antileukemic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antileukotriene 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukotriene-D4 1 *
Antileukotrienogenic 1 *