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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
RESIN 0 Bark Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
STARCH 5 Bark Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
SUCIRUBINE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TANNINS 0 Bark Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
TETRA-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
WAX 0 Bark Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
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 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Oxytocic 2 *
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Pancreatogenic 2 *
Peroxynitrite-Scavenger 1 *
Pesticide 16 *
Phototoxic 1 *
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 *
Propecic 1 *
Prostaglandigenic 1 *