An official website of the United States government.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| FLavor | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatoprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 3 | Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217. |
| Hypoglycemic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Immunostimulant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Insectifuge | 1 | Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994. |
| Insulinogenic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Interleukin-1-alpha-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interleukin-6-mRNA-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative | 1 | Martindale's 29th |