Isolate |
Bark source |
Researched activity |
Paclitaxel, taxanes |
Taxus |
chemotherapeutic |
Paeonol |
Paeonia suffruticosa[1] |
various |
Honokiol, 4-O-methylhonokiol, magnolol, obovatol |
Magnolia |
neurotrophic & anti-inflammatory |
Salicylic acid |
Salix alba |
antipyretic, analgesic |
Yohimbine, corynanthine, ajmalicine, rauwolscine |
west African evergreen |
MAOI, stimulant |
beta-carbolines, harmala alkaloids |
numerous |
MAOI |
Cinnamon, camphor, cinnamaldehyde |
Cinnamomum |
blood sugar stabilizer, antioxidant |
Quinine, quinidine, cinchonidine, cinchonine |
Cinchona |
antipyretic, analgesic, antimalarial |
Safrole |
Sassafras |
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Huáng bǎi |
Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) |
TCM |
Strictamine |
Alstonia scholaris |
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Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra) |
demulcent |
Geniposidic acid |
Eucommia ulmoides |
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N-methyltryptamine, serotonin analogs |
numerous species from Brazil, Mexico, Taiwan |
serotonin agonist, neuroimmunologic modulator |
Quassin |
Quassia amara |
various |
Celastrol |
Tripterygium wilfordii[2] |
various |
Mitraphylline |
Cat's claw (Uncaria tomentosa) |
anti-inflammatory |
Ellagic acid, rutin, gallic acid, ethyl gallate[3] |
Ailanthus altissima |
various |
Coronaridine, voacangine, ibogamine, ibogaine, tabernanthine |
Voacanga africana, Tabernanthe iboga |
neuroimmunologic modulator |
Lapachol, quercetin |
Pau D'Arco (Handroanthus impetiginosus) |
therapeutic naphthoquinone |
Icariin |
Eucommia |
PDE5 inhibitor |
Baicalin |
Oroxylum indicum |
prolyl endopeptidase inhibitor |
Frankincense, incensole |
Boswellia sacra, Boswellia |
incensole is a TRPV3 agonist |
QS21 |
Quillaja saponaria (soap bark tree) |
potential immunologic adjuvant |
Sandalwood oil, α-Santalol, β-Santalol |
Sandalwood (Santalum) |
Ayurvedic component |
Bergenin, α-viniferin, ε-viniferin, diptoindonesin A |
Bergenia ligulata, Dryobalanops aromatica, Mallotus japonicus |
component of Ayurvedic medicine "Paashaanbhed" |
Phenolic lactones |
Caesalpinia paraguariensis |
component of Bolivian traditional medicine |
Erythravine |
Erythrina mulungu |
Brazilian medicinal plant |
Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory compounds |
Psidium guajava (Guava tree) |
component of traditional medicine |
Perfume resin |
Agarwood / Oud Wood |
aromatherapy |
Opopanax, balsam, bdellium, bisabol |
Myrrh (Commiphora) |
component of Eastern-Mediterranean, Middle-Eastern, and North-African, traditional medicine |
Rotenoids, piscidone |
Jamaican dogwood (Piscidia piscipula) |
component of Caribbean traditional medicine |