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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nephrotoxic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| NO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sialogogue | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Styptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 1 | Hamada, S. I., Kataoka, T., Woo, J. T., Yamada, A., Yoshida, T., Nishimura, T., Otake, N., Nagai, K. 1997. Immunosuppressive Effects by Gallic Acid and Chebulagic Acid on CTL-Mediated Cytotoxicity. Biol Pharm Bull, 20: 1017-1019. |
| 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 * |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229 |