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
QUINIDINONE	2	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUININE	32	Bark	21800.0	65753.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
QUININE	32	Leaf	400.0	9200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUININE	32	Root	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUININE	32	Shoot	not available	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUININE	32	Stem	not available	112.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID	3	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
QUINOVIC-ACID	3	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE	0	Stem	not available	130.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIADIN	1	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCCIRUBINE	0	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
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 *