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	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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	2	Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Apertif	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Astringent	1	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.
Bacteristat	2	Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Bronchodilator	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bruchiphobe	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Cancer-Preventive	2	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	2	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Estrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *