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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco (Apocynaceae)

Common Names
Quebracho
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
1,2-DEHYDROASPIDOSPERMIDINE 0 Bark *
1-METHYLASPIDOSPERMIDINE 0 Bark *
14,19-DIHYDROASPERMATIDINE 0 Bark *
AKUAMMICINE 2 Bark *
AKUAMMIDINE 10 Bark *
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 *
ASPIDOSPERMATIDINE 0 Bark *
ASPIDOSPERMATINE 0 Bark *
ASPIDOSPERMICINE 0 Bark *
ASPIDOSPERMIDINE 0 Bark *
ASPIDOSPERMINE 6 Bark *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark *
D-EBURNAMONINE 0 Bark *
DESACETYLASPIDOSPERMINE 0 Bark *
DESACETYLPYRIFOLIDINE 0 Bark *
EBURNAMININE 0 Bark *
HYPOQUEBRACHAMINE 0 Bark *
HYPOQUEBRACHINE 0 Bark *
L-PYRIFOLIDINE 0 Bark *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 2 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Hypothermic 1 *
Immunosuppressant 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 *
MDR-Inhibitor 1 Bhat, U. G., et al. 1995. A Structure-Function Relationship Among Reserpine and Yohimbine Analogues in Their Ability to Increase Expression of MDR1 and P-Glycoprotein in a Human Colon Carcinoma Cell Line. Mol Pharmacol, 48(4): 682-689.
Mydriatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Myorelaxant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Pesticide 4 *
Psychotropic 1 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.
Respirastimulant 1 *
Respirodepressant 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Respirostimulant 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Rhinorreic 1 *
Sedative 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Sialogogue 1 *
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Sympatholytic 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.