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Plant Cinchona officinalis (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Lojabark; Quinine
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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
3-ALPHA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AVICULARIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINCHONIDINE 6 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINCHONINE 7 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINIDINE 3 Bark not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
QUINIDINE 23 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUININE 32 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 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
Antihepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilumbagic 1 Wealth of India.
Antimalarial 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 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.
Antineuralgic 1 Wealth of India.
Antineuritic 1 Wealth of India.
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 4 Merck 11th Edition
Antiradicular 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.
Antirenitic 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.
Antisciatic 1 Wealth of India.
Antitachycardic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *