Plant Quassia amara (Simaroubaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bitterwood, Quassia

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	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 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
Antinitrosaminic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antinitrosaminic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiophidic)	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant	2 (View Chemicals list for Antioxidant)	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist	1 (View Chemicals list for Antioxidant Synergist)	Merck 11th Edition
Antiperiodontitic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiperiodontitic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiperoxidant)	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	1 (View Chemicals list for Antipolio)	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiprogestational	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiprogestational)	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprostaglandin	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiprostaglandin)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiprostatadenomic)	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiprostatitic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiproteolytic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antipyretic)	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiradicular	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiradicular)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiseborrheic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	2 (View Chemicals list for Antiseptic)	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antistaphylococcic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antistaphylococcic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular	1 (View Chemicals list for Antitubercular)	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	2 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor)	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	1 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor (Breast))	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.