Plant Cinchona pubescens (Rubiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Quinine; Red Cinchona; Red Peruvian-Bark; Redbark

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
HYDROQUININE	1	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYLSUCCIRUBINE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTIFLOROSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-2	0	Bark	not available	11.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B2	0	Bark	not available	691.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B5	0	Bark	not available	182.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDIN-C1	0	Bark	not available	36.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PURPURIN	2	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PURPURIN-1-METHYL-ETHER	2	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNO-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINAMINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINAMINE	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINAMINE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIDINE	23	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIDINE	23	Leaf	not available	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIDINE	23	Root	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIDINE	23	Shoot	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIDINE	23	Stem	not available	48.0	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
Anticancer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Anticarcinogenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticholinergic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticlastogen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antielastase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrillary	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiflu	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.