Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Quassia amara (Simaroubaceae)

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 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Wood 2500.0 0.22 *
BETA-SITOSTENONE 0 Wood *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Wood *
CALCIUM-TARTRATE 0 Root *
EO 0 Root *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Root *
ISOQUASSIN 0 Wood *
MALIC-ACID 15 Root *
NEOQUASSIN 0 Wood *
POTASSIUM-ACETATE 1 Wood *
QUASSIN 5 Wood 1000.0 2000.0 1.00 *
QUASSINOL 0 Wood *
QUASSOL 0 Wood *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 (View) *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 (View) *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 (View) *
Antiviral 2 (View) 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 (View) *
Apoptotic 2 (View) *
Artemicide 1 (View) 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 (View) 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 (View) Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Bronchodilator 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bruchiphobe 1 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Cancer-Preventive 2 (View) Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 (View) Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic 1 (View) *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 (View) *
Choleretic 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Cytotoxic 1 (View) *
Emetic 1 (View) Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Estrogenic 1 (View) *