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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiulcerogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antiviral | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiyeast | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apertif | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemicide | 1 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Astringent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 1 | Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 4 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 1 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| Carcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carcinostatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiodepressant | 2 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Cardiotonic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Caspase-8-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chemopreventive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |