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Plant Cinchona pubescens (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Quinine, Red Cinchona, Red Peruvian-Bark, Redbark
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-HYDROXY-2-HYDROXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE 1 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
10-METHOXYCINCHONAMINE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
10-METHOXYCINCHONAMINE 2 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4,5-TRIHYDROXY-1-METHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-1,3,4,6-TETRAMETHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-1,3,4-TRIMETHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-ALPHA,17-ALPHA-CINCHOPHYLLINE 3 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-ALPHA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-ALPHA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE 3 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-EPIQUINAMINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6,7-DIHYDROXY-1-METHOXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALIZARIN 11 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALIZARIN-1-METHYL-ETHER 2 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALIZARIN-2-METHYL-ETHER 3 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Bark 50000.0 150000.0 1.44 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ANTHRAGALLOL-1,2-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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