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Plant Cinchona spp (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Quinine
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
CINCHONAIN-IC 0 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CINCHONAIN-ID 0 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CINCHONAIN-IIA 0 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CINCHONAIN-IIB 3 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CINCHONIDINE 6 Bark 12500.0 80000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CINCHONINE 7 Bark 15000.0 80000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINCHONININE 0 Bark not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CINCHOPHYLLAMINE 5 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CINCHOTANNIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINCHOTINE 0 Plant not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CONQUINAMINE 0 Bark not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CUPREINE 0 Bark not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CUSCAMIDINE 0 Bark not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CUSCAMINE 0 Bark not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CUSCONIDINE 0 Bark not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CUSCONINE 0 Bark not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DICINCHONINE 0 Bark not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DICONQUININE 0 Bark not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DIGIFERRUGINEOL 6 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DIHYDROQUINIDINE 2 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiarrhythmic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 7 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *