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Common Names
Bitterwood; Quassia
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-HYDROXYQUASSIN | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Wood | not available | 2500.0 | 0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTENONE | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM-TARTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOQUASSIN | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOQUASSIN | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM-ACETATE | 1 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUASSIN | 5 | Wood | 1000.0 | 2000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUASSINOL | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUASSOL | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticarcinomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiedemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| 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. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 1 | Okuda, T., Yoshida, T., and Hatano, T. Antioxidant Effects of Tannins and Related Polyphenols. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.7 p.93. |
| Antiherpetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileishmanic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMRSA | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimutagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |