Plant Picrasma excelsa (Simaroubaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bitterwood; Jamaican Quassia

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALKALOIDS	0	Wood	not available	700.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTERONE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUM	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUASSIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHOXY-1-VINYL-BETA-CARBOLINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUASSIN	5	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticolitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidecubitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antienteritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antihangover	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	1	Duke, 1992 *