quassinoids การใช้

• "' Quassin "'is a white bitter, crystalline substance that is the prototypical example of the family of quassinoids.
• The wood contain various alkaloids and quassinoids, including beta-carboline, and has been used for the treatment of dyspepsia, bronchitis, ophthalmia and snake bite.
• The main biologically active compounds found in " S . amara " are the quassinoids, a group of triterpenes including ailanthinone, glaucarubinone, and holacanthone.
• These two genera were previously placed in family Simaroubaceae, but were transferred into their own family because they produce neither quassinoids nor limonoids . " Kirkia " is named for Captain John Kirk ( explorer ) of the famous Zambesi Expedition.
• It contains a quinone irritant, 2, 6-dimethoxybenzoquinone, as well as active quassinoids ( ailanthone itself being one ) which may account for these effects, but they have, however, proved difficult or impossible to reproduce in humans and goats.