Plant Simarouba amara (Simaroubaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Names

Simaruba Bark

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
13,18-DEHYDROGLAUCARUBINE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2'-ACETYLGLAUCARUBINE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2'-ACETYLGLAUCARUBINONE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
21,20-ANHYDROMELIANONE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
5-HYDROXYCANTHIN6-ONE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Bark	5000.0	8000.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Bark	1000.0	1800.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
MELIANONE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXO-3-TIRUCALLA-7,24-DIENE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
RESIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SIMAROLIDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SIMARUBIDIN	0	Bark	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SIMARUBIN	0	Bark	not available	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SIMARUBOLIDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Bark	200000.0	270000.0	1.13	Duke, 1992 *
TIRUCALLA-7,24-DIENE-3,21-DIONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TIRUCALLA-7,24-DIENE-3-ONE	0	Plant	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
Cancer-Preventive	1	HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 14.
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic	1	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.
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *