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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATECHOL-TANNINS | 0 | Bark | not available | 80000.0 | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSANTHEMIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSAZIN | 5 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONAIN-IA | 0 | Bark | not available | 396.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONAIN-IB | 0 | Bark | not available | 836.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONAIN-IC | 0 | Bark | not available | 44.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONAIN-ID | 0 | Bark | not available | 51.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONAIN-IIA | 0 | Bark | not available | 327.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONAIN-IIB | 3 | Bark | not available | 291.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONAIN-III-B | 3 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Takechi, M., Tanaka, Y., Takehara, M., Nonaka, G. I., Nishioka, I. 1985. Structure and Antiherpetic Activity Among the Tannins. Phytochemistry 24 10: 2245-2250. |
| CINCHONAMINE | 1 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONAMINE | 1 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONAMINONE | 0 | Bark | not available | 13014.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONICINOL | 0 | Bark | not available | 9589.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONIDINE | 6 | Bark | not available | 25600.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONIDINE | 6 | Leaf | not available | 2200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONIDINE | 6 | Root | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONIDINE | 6 | Shoot | not available | 600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHONIDINE | 6 | Stem | 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 * |