These findings encouraged the same researchers--and others aware of their work--to try to isolate the compound within
Quassia amara that had proven so effective.
Quassin isolated from
Quassia amara enhanced the host protective immune response by enhancing generation of NO and expression of iNOS both at a protein and at mRNA levels and by upregulating proinflammatory cytokines, TNF-[alpha] and IL-12 (Bhattacharjee et al.
Wood (6) lists some important photochemical products such as pyrethrum, derris,
quassia, nicotine, hellebore, anabasine, azadirachtin, d-limonene, camphor and terpenes that have been used as insecticides.
A deciduous member of the tropical family Simaroubaceae (
Quassia), A.
Agents to be avoided include American hellebore, butterbur or other petasites, kava, marijuana, melatonin (available only as an orphan drug in the United States), mugwort, passion flower,
quassia, rauwolfia, Siberian ginseng, taumelloolch, tulip tree, and valerian.
Antifertility activity of
Quassia amara in male rats in vivo study.
One of them had an important place: the wood of
quassia amara.
Fortunately, I had an emergency homeopathic with me, which helped with acute symptoms, and I took that along with a detox extract combining
quassia herb, wormwood, and black walnut hulls, along with a dose of grapefruit seed extract.
Use of
quassia chips - available in health food shops - is an alternative remedy that's becoming popular with parents, but there are no proper studies to prove it's effective.
..In a quart of wine soak for two days five grammes of juniper berries,15grammes of Calisaia (akind of Peruvian bark)and 15 bitter
quassia (whatever they are).