Steinmetz:Quillaja
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Quillaja saponaria (and other species)
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Rosaceae
- English Names
- Soap bark tree
- Panama bark tree
- Natural Habitat
- South America (Chile
- Peru
- Bolivia)
- Part(s) Used
- Cortex Quillajae (the inner bark)
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- Constituent(s)
- saponins (quillajic acid and quillaia-sapotoxin)
- starch
- oxalate of calcium
- sucrose
- bitter principle; the outer bark contains tannin and much colouring matter
- but no saponins
- and should be rejected
- Action
- expectorant
- diuretic
- detergent
- sternutatory
- toxic; used for washing clothes
- shampoos
- etc. In some countries the bark is employed in bronchitis
- etc. and for foam formation in soft drinks and beer
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