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| Quassia amara | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Simaroubaceae |
| Genus: | Quassia L. |
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Quassia (
/ˈkwɒʃə/ or /ˈkwɒʃiə/) is a flora genus in the family Simaroubaceae. Its size is disputed; some botanists treat it as consisting of only one species, Quassia amara from tropical South America, while others treat it in a wide circumscription as a pantropical genus containing up to 40 species of trees and shrubs. The genus was named after a Surinam slave Graman Quasi in the eighteenth century. He discovered the medicinal properties of the of the bark of Quassia amara.
Broader treatments of the genus include the following and other species:
- Quassia africana
- Quassia amara
- Quassia bidwillii
- Quassia indica
- Quassia sp. 'Moonee Creek' - Australia
- Quassia sp. 'Mount Nardi' - Australia
- Quassia undulata
It is the source of the "quassinoids" quassin and neo-quassin.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Mishra K, Chakraborty D, Pal A, Dey N (April 2010). "Plasmodium falciparum: in vitro interaction of quassin and neo-quassin with artesunate, a hemisuccinate derivative of artemisinin". Exp. Parasitol. 124 (4): 421–7. doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2009.12.007. PMID 20036657. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0014-4894(09)00343-9.
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