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Simaba africana

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID68f8f4d62df57491893312
Scientific name Simaba africana
Authority Baill.
First published in Adansonia 7: 381 (1867)

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Quassia africana (Baill.) Baill. Adansonia 8: 89 (1867)

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Database ID/link to page
Tropicos 29400179
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:814004-1
The Plant List kew-2868413
Open Tree Of Life 383058
NCBI Taxonomy 459167
IPNI 814004-1
iNaturalist 1094682
GBIF 3709178
World Flora Online wfo-0000492098
Tropicos 29400244
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:814082-1
IPNI 814082-1
GBIF 3709033

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT Plants (Basel) 23-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143319
doi:10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:35631812
Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants Used in Democratic Republic of Congo: A Critical Review of Ethnopharmacology and Bioactivity Data Kasali FM, Kadima JN, Peter EL, Mtewa AG, Ajayi CO, Tusiimire J, Tolo CU, Ogwang PE, Weisheit A, Agaba AG Front Pharmacol 27-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8579071
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.757090
PMID:34776975
Dataset, including a photo-guide, of alien plants sold in traditional medicine markets and healthcare outlets in three South African cities, specifically by traders of Indian, West African, East African, and Chinese origin Williams VL, Burness A, Wojtasik EM, Byrne MJ Data Brief 21-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8479245
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2021.107395
PMID:34621926
Antiplasmodial, antimalarial activities and toxicity of African medicinal plants: a systematic review of literature Tajbakhsh E, Kwenti TE, Kheyri P, Nezaratizade S, Lindsay DS, Khamesipour F Malar J 25-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8390284
doi:10.1186/s12936-021-03866-0
PMID:34433465
Ethnobotanical indicator values of Non-Timber Forest Products from the Djoumouna peri-urban forest in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo Kimpouni V, Nzila JD, Watha-Ndoudy N, Madzella-Mbiemo MI, Yallo Mouhamed S, Kampe JP Heliyon 27-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8035505
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06579
PMID:33869832
A Systematic Review of In Vitro Activity of Medicinal Plants from Sub-Saharan Africa against Campylobacter spp. Hlashwayo DF, Barbosa F, Langa S, Sigaúque B, Bila CG Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 15-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7245682
doi:10.1155/2020/9485364
PMID:32508957
Potential antimalarials from African natural products: A reviw Lawal B, Shittu OK, Kabiru AY, Jigam AA, Umar MB, Berinyuy EB, Alozieuwa BU J Intercult Ethnopharmacol 29-Oct-2015
PMCID:PMC4665028
doi:10.5455/jice.20150928102856
PMID:26649238
The Characteristics of Thrombin in Osteoarthritic Pathogenesis and Treatment Chou PY, Su CM, Huang CY, Tang CH Biomed Res Int 16-Sep-2014
PMCID:PMC4182002
doi:10.1155/2014/407518
PMID:25313362
Larvicidal Properties of Simalikalactone D from Quassia Africana (Simaroubaceae) Baill and Baill, on the Malaria Vector Anopheles Gambiae Sama W, Ajaiyeoba EO, Choudhary MI Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 04-Jun-2014
PMCID:PMC4202402
PMID:25392586
Natural Compounds as Next-Generation Herbicides Dayan FE, Duke SO Plant Physiol 30-Apr-2014
PMCID:PMC4226356
doi:10.1104/pp.114.239061
PMID:24784133
Induction of murine embryonic stem cell differentiation by medicinal plant extracts Reynertson KA, Charlson ME, Gudas LJ Exp Cell Res 15-Oct-2010
PMCID:PMC3179386
doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2010.10.010
PMID:20955699
The Antimalarial Potential of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Malaria in Cameroonian Folk Medicine Titanji VP, Zofou D, Ngemenya MN Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 10-Apr-2008
PMCID:PMC2816552
PMID:20161952
Indole Alkaloids and Quassin from Quassia africana Luyengi Lumonadio, Maurice Vanhaelen American Chemical Society (ACS) 17-Mar-2005
doi:10.1021/NP50047A037
Picrasins, simaroubolides of Japanese quassia tree Picrasma quassioides Hiroshi Hikino, Tomihisa Ohta, Tsunematsu Takemoto Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/0031-9422(75)80368-2
Antiviral activity of simalikalactone D, a quassinoid from Quassia africana. Apers S, Cimanga K, Vanden Berghe D, Van Meenen E, Longanga AO, Foriers A, Vlietinck A, Pieters L Planta Med 01-Jan-2002
doi:10.1055/S-2002-19870
PMID:11842321

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Indolonaphthyridine alkaloids
Canthin-6-One 97176 Click to see 220.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50047A037
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene lactones / Quassinoids
(+)-Simalikalactone 15161842 Click to see 478.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-19870
[(1R,2S,3R,6R,8S,12S,13S,14R,15R,16S)-12,15,16-trihydroxy-9,13,17-trimethyl-4,11-dioxo-5,18-dioxapentacyclo[12.5.0.01,6.02,17.08,13]nonadec-9-en-3-yl] 2-methylbutanoate 320171 Click to see 478.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-19870
2,12-Dimethoxypicrasa-2,12-diene-1,11,16-trione 4998 Click to see 388.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-19870
Okikyyznnzczrx-uwgucygssa- 118701222 Click to see 478.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-19870
Picrasine B 324546 Click to see 376.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(75)80368-2
Quassin 65571 Click to see CC1C=C(C(=O)C2(C1CC3C4(C2C(=O)C(=C(C4CC(=O)O3)C)OC)C)C)OC 388.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-19870
https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50047A037
Simalikalactone D 441808 Click to see CCC(C)C(=O)OC1C2C3(C(C(C4C2(CO3)C(CC5C4(C(C(=O)C=C5C)O)C)OC1=O)O)O)C 478.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-19870
Similikalactone D 500023 Click to see CCC(C)C(=O)OC1C2C3(C(C(C4C2(CO3)C(CC5C4(C(C(=O)C=C5C)O)C)OC1=O)O)O)C 478.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-19870
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Indoles and derivatives / Pyridoindoles / Beta carbolines
Beta-Carboline 64961 Click to see 168.19 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50047A037
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Oxanes
8-Acetyl-9,13-dihydroxy-4,13-dimethyl-6,11-dioxatetracyclo[7.4.0.03,7.010,12]trideca-1,3-dien-5-one 162789741 Click to see 292.28 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50047A037
https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-19870

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