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Plant Cinchona pubescens (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Quinine; Red Cinchona; Red Peruvian-Bark; Redbark
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
CINCHONININE 0 Bark not available 28767.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINCHONININE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINCHONININE 0 Root not available 2700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINCHONININE 0 Shoot not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINCHONININE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINCHONINONE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUPREINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCINCHONIDINE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCINCHONIDINE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCINCHONINE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCINCHONINE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROQUINIDINE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROQUINIDINE 2 Stem not available 52.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROQUININE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROQUININE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROXY-DIMETHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROXY-TRIMETHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Bark not available 50.0 -0.96 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
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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
Antistomatitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antisunburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitachycardic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mouth) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 2 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Antiulcer 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiwrinkle 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *