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Antitumor Plants. V. Constituents of Cinchona pubescens.
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The stem bark and stem wood of Cinchona pubescens were found to owe their weak cytotoxic activity to the presence of quinovic acid. This acid and its 3-rhamnoside were isolated and characterized through several derivatives, all of which were assayed for their cytotoxicity.