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Plant Cinchona spp (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Quinine
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
PROCYANIDIN-B-5 0 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PROCYANIDIN-C-1 0 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 180000.0 -0.48 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PURPURIN-1-METHYL-ETHER 2 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.
QUEBRACHOL 0 Bark not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUINACIMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINAMINE 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.
QUINIC-ACID 1 Bark 50000.0 80000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINICINE 2 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.
QUINIDINE 23 Bark 200.0 40000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUININE 32 Bark 8000.0 40000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
QUININIDINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
QUINOLIC-ACID-BETA-6-DESOXY-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUINOVIC-ACID 3 Bark 1000.0 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVIC-ACID-3-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
QUINOVIC-ACID-BETA-6-DESOXY-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUINOVIC-ACID-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUINOVIC-ACID-BETA-D-QUINOVOSIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
QUINOVIN 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVOSE 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MDR-Inhibitor 3 Genne, P., Duchamp, O., Solary, E., Magnette, J., Belon, J. P., Chauffert, B. 1995. Cinchonine Per OS: Efficient Circumvention of P-Glycoprotein-Mediated Multidrug Resistance. Anticancer Drug Design, 10(2): 103-118.
Metal-Chelator 1 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Myorelaxant 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
NO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Oxytocic 2 Duke, 1992 *
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Peroxynitrite-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 16 Duke, 1992 *
Phototoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Prooxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *