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

Common Names
Quinine; Red Cinchona; Red Peruvian-Bark; Redbark
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Bark *
1-HYDROXY-2-HYDROXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE 1 Tissue Culture *
10-METHOXYCINCHONAMINE 2 Leaf *
10-METHOXYCINCHONAMINE 2 Tissue Culture *
2,4,5-TRIHYDROXY-1-METHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture *
2-HYDROXY-1,3,4,6-TETRAMETHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture *
2-HYDROXY-1,3,4-TRIMETHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture *
3-ALPHA,17-ALPHA-CINCHOPHYLLINE 3 Stem *
3-ALPHA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE 3 Leaf *
3-ALPHA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE 3 Stem *
3-BETA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE 3 Leaf *
3-EPIQUINAMINE 0 Leaf *
6,7-DIHYDROXY-1-METHOXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture *
ALIZARIN 11 Tissue Culture *
ALIZARIN-1-METHYL-ETHER 2 Tissue Culture *
ALIZARIN-2-METHYL-ETHER 3 Tissue Culture *
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 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Bark *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
MDR-Inhibitor 2 Critchfield, J. W., Welsh, C. J., Phang, J. M., Yeh, G. C. 1994. Modulation of Adriamycin Accumulation and Efflux by Flavonoids in HCT-15 Colon Cells. Activation of P-Glycoprotein as a Putative Mechanism. Biochem Pharmacol, 48(7): 1437-1445.
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Molluscicide 1 *
Myorelaxant 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Nephrotoxic 1 *
NO-Genic 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxytocic 2 *
Pancreatogenic 1 *
Pesticide 17 *
Phagocytotic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Phototoxic 1 *
Phytoalexin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pigment 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Prooxidant 1 *
Prostaglandigenic 2 *
Protisticide 1 *