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Common Names
Quinine; Red Cinchona; Red Peruvian-Bark; Redbark
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antilumbagic | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Antimalarial | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimelanogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimutagenic | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antineuralgic | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Antinitrosaminic | 2 | Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18. |
| Antinociceptive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiophidic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antioxidant | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperoxidant | 4 | Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991. |
| Antipolio | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antiproliferant | 1 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| Antiprostaglandin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 3 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiradicular | 4 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antisciatic | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Antiseptic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antispasmodic | 2 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |