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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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-(2'-HYDROXYETHYL)-4-METHOXY-BETA-CARBOLINE 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-ACETYL-4-METHOXY-BETA-CARBOLINE 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-HYDROXYCANTHIN-6-ONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHOXYCANTHIN-6-ONE 3 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHOXYCANTHIN-6-ONE-3N-OXIDE 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIMETHOXY-P-BENZOQUINONE 3 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIMETHOXYQUINONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLAMAROLIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AILANTHIIN 0 Plant not available 49600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AILANTHINONE 8 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AILANTHONE 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMAROLIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CANTHIN-6-ONE 8 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CANTHIN-6-ONE-3-OXIDE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOLINE-1-CARBOXYLATE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 3 Martindale's 29th
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 5 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Hypocholesterolemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic 3 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 2 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.
Immunomodulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Immunosuppressant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory 1 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.