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

Plant Simarouba amara (Simaroubaceae)

Common Names
Simaruba Bark
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
13,18-DEHYDROGLAUCARUBINE 0 Bark *
2'-ACETYLGLAUCARUBINE 0 Bark *
2'-ACETYLGLAUCARUBINONE 0 Bark *
21,20-ANHYDROMELIANONE 0 Bark Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
3,21-DIOXO-TIRUCALLA-7,24-DIENE 0 Bark Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
5-HYDROXYCANTHIN6-ONE 0 Bark *
ALKALOIDS 0 Bark 5000.0 8000.0 -0.78 *
EO 0 Bark 1000.0 1800.0 -0.81 *
MELIANONE 0 Bark *
OXO-3-TIRUCALLA-7,24-DIENE 0 Bark Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
RESIN 0 Bark *
SIMAROLIDE 0 Bark *
SIMARUBIDIN 0 Bark 500.0 *
SIMARUBIN 0 Bark 10000.0 *
SIMARUBOLIDE 0 Bark *
TANNIN 35 Bark 200000.0 270000.0 1.13 *
TIRUCALLA-7,24-DIENE-3,21-DIONE 0 Plant *
TIRUCALLA-7,24-DIENE-3-ONE 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 1 (View) *
Anticancer 1 (View) *
Anticariogenic 1 (View) *
Antidiarrheic 1 (View) *
Antidysenteric 1 (View) *
Antihepatotoxic 1 (View) *
AntiHIV 1 (View) *
Antihypertensive 1 (View) *
Antilipolytic 1 (View) *
Antimutagenic 1 (View) *
Antinephritic 1 (View) Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiophidic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 1 (View) *
Antiradicular 1 (View) Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirenitic 1 (View) Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antitumor 1 (View) *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 (View) *
Antiulcer 1 (View) *
Antiviral 1 (View) *