Supplement, Vitamin and Herb Ingredient Glossary
Ingredient Glossary: Q
- Quassia
- A plant. The wood is used as medicine.
- Also known as: Amargo, Bitter-Ash, Bitter Wood, Bitterwood, Cuasia, Jamaican Quassia, Palo de Cuasia, Pao Tariri, Picrasma, Picrasma excelsa, Quassia amara, Quassia Bark, Ruda, Surinam Quassia, Surinam Wood.
- Quebracho
- A plant. The bark is used as medicine.
- Also known as: Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco, Quebracho Blanch, Quebracho Blanco, White Quebracho.
- Queen’s Delight
- A plant. The root is used as medicine.
- Also known as: Cockup Hat, Marcory, Queen's Root, Racine Royale, Silver Leaf, Stillingia, Stillingia sylvatica, Stillingia tenuis, Yaw Root.
- Quercetin
- A plant pigment (flavonoid). It is found in various plants and foods.
- Also known as: 3,3',4'5,7-Penthydroxyflavone, Bioflavonoid, Bioflavonoid Complex, Bioflavonoid Concentrate, Bioflavonoid Extract, Bioflavonoïde, Bioflavonoïde de Citron, Bioflavonoïdes de Citron, Citrus Bioflavones, Citrus Bioflavonoid, Citrus Bioflavonoids, Citrus Bioflavonoid Extract, Citrus Flavones, Citrus Flavonoids, Complexe de Bioflavonoïde, Concentré de Bioflavonoïde, Extrait de Bioflavonoïde, Extrait de Bioflavonoïdes de Citron, Flavones de Citron, Flavonoid, Flavonoïde, Meletin, Mélétine, Quercetina, Quercétine, Sophretin, Sophrétine.
- Quillaia
- A plant. The inner bark is used as medicine.
- Also known as: China Bark, Murillo Bark, Panama Bark, Quillaja, Quillaja saponaria, Soap Tree, Soap Tree Bark, Soapbark.
- Quince
- A plant. The seed is used as medicine.
- Also known as: Bedana, Cognassier, Coing, Cydonia oblongata, Cydonia vulgaris, Marmelo, Membrillo, Pyrus cydonia, Quitte, Quittenbaum.