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plants as sources of antimalarial drugs, part 6: activities of simarouba amara fruits.

extracts prepared from simarouba amara fruits collected in panama have been found to be active against plasmodium falciparum in vitro and against plasmodium berghei in mice. four active quassinoids have been identified as ailanthinone, 2'-acetylglaucarubinone, glaucarubinone and holacanthone.