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Common Names
Quinine
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-EPICATECHIN | 38 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| 10-METHOXYCINCHONAMINE | 2 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 3-ALPHA,17-ALPHA-CINCHOPHYLLINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 3-ALPHA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 3-EPIQUINAMINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ALIZARIN-2-METHYL-ETHER | 3 | 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. |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Bark | 50000.0 | 160000.0 | 1.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Leaf | not available | 10000.0 | 0.06 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ALPHA-QUINOVINE | 0 | Bark | 5000.0 | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARICINE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | not available | 60000.0 | 0.36 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| BETA-QUINOVINE | 0 | Bark | 5000.0 | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CATECHIN-TANNINS | 0 | Bark | 30000.0 | 50000.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |
| CINCHOFULVIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINCHOLIC-ACID-BETA-D-QUINOVOSIDE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CINCHONAIN-IA | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CINCHONAIN-IB | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 5 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiradicular | 1 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antisciatic | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Antiseptic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antispasmodic | 1 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antisunburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitachycardic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithiamin | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithyroid | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antitrypanosomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (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. |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 1 | Cancer Research, 48: 5941. |