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Plant Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco (Apocynaceae)

Common Names
Quebracho
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,2-DEHYDROASPIDOSPERMIDINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYLASPIDOSPERMIDINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
14,19-DIHYDROASPERMATIDINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AKUAMMICINE 2 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AKUAMMIDINE 10 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 3000.0 15000.0 -0.02 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ASPIDOSAMINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPIDOSPERMATIDINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPIDOSPERMATINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPIDOSPERMICINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPIDOSPERMIDINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPIDOSPERMINE 6 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-EBURNAMONINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DESACETYLASPIDOSPERMINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DESACETYLPYRIFOLIDINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EBURNAMININE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPOQUEBRACHAMINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPOQUEBRACHINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-PYRIFOLIDINE 0 Bark 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
Adrenergic-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Adrenolytic 3 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Analgesic 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 2 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadrenergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianginal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 2 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *