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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Names

Bitterwood; Jamaican Quassia

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
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
Estrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fungicide	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemostat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic	2	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	1	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Insectifuge	1	Martindale's 28th
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Peristaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *