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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor | 1 | McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82. |
| Secretogogue | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Sedative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermicide | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Stomachic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Sunscreen | 2 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |
| Sweetener | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 1 | Muller, S. O., Eckert, I., Lutz, W. K., Stopper, H. 1996. Genotoxicity of the Laxative Drug Components Emodin, Aloe-emodin and Danthron in Mammalian Cells: Topoisomerase II Mediated? Mutat Res, 371: 165-173. |
| Trypanocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tumorigenic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Vasodilator | 1 | McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82. |
| Vulnerary | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 3 | Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229 |