Plant Ailanthus altissima (Simaroubaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
CERYL-PALMITATE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELAIDIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	555000.0	591000.0	1.72	Duke, 1992 *
FISETIN	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEMICELLULOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOLOCELLULOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCETIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINUTHIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-4-METHOXY-BETA-CARBOLINE-1-CARBOXYLATE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOQUASSIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEORESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOBAPHENE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYSACCHARIDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	275000.0	276000.0	0.38	Duke, 1992 *
QUASSIIN	0	Bark	not available	49600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUASSIN	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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.