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Quassins

Known as: Quassinoid Agent, Quassinoids, Quassins [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A group of degraded TRITERPENES which have lost ten carbons (8 from the side chain, C17, and one from C4) so have C20 skeletons which could be… 
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NBT 272SUN 2071Simaroubolidesailanthinone

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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
NF-κB Inhibitors from Eurycoma longifolia
The roots of Eurycoma longifolia have been used in many countries of Southeast Asia to alleviate various diseases including… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Standardized quassinoid-rich Eurycoma longifolia extract improved spermatogenesis and fertility in male rats via the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Antiplasmodial studies of Eurycoma longifolia Jack using the lactate dehydrogenase assay of Plasmodium falciparum.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Cytotoxic and antimalarial constituents from the roots of Eurycoma longifolia.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
In vitro anti-tumor promoting and anti-parasitic activities of the quassinoids from Eurycoma longifolia, a medicinal plant in Southeast Asia.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Use of microdilution to assess in vitro antiamoebic activities of Brucea javanica fruits, Simarouba amara stem, and a number of quassinoids
A microdilution technique for the assessment of in vitro activity against Entamoeba histolytica was devised and validated with… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
In Vitro Amoebicidal Testing of Natural Products; Part I. Methodology
in vitro Entamoeba histolytica Cinchona Brucea in vitro 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Plants as sources of antimalarial drugs: in vitro antimalarial activities of some quassinoids
Fourteen quassinoids, obtained from simaroubaceous plants, were tested for in vitro antimalarial activity. All of these inhibited… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Bruceantin, a potent amoebicide from a plant, Brucea antidysenterica
Bruceantin, purified from an Ethiopian plant used to treat dysentery, killed Entamoeba histolytica in vitro (IC50 [the… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Model studies for the synthesis of quassinoids. 1. Construction of the BCE ring system
Bei der Dien-Addition des Diens (I) mit dem Hydrochinon (II) in Gegenwart von Silbero xid entsteht das Addukt (III), das mit Zink… 
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