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 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
Nephrotoxic	1 (View Chemicals list for Nephrotoxic)	Martindale's 29th
NO-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for NO-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	4 (View Chemicals list for Pesticide)	Duke, 1992 *
Sialogogue	1 (View Chemicals list for Sialogogue)	Martindale's 29th
Spermicide	1 (View Chemicals list for Spermicide)	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Styptic	1 (View Chemicals list for Styptic)	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor)	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 (View Chemicals list for Ubiquiot)	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Ulcerogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor)	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