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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
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
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Nephrotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 17 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Phototoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide 1 Duke, 1992 *