Flueggea suffruticosa
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
Genus: | Flueggea |
Species: | F. suffruticosa |
Binomial name | |
Flueggea suffruticosa | |
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Flueggea suffruticosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a deciduous shrub that is widely distributed in Asia, America, Europe, and Africa.[2] It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name yī yè qiū (Chinese: 一叶秋).[3]
Uses
[edit]Folk medicine
[edit]F. suffruticosa is one of the 50 fundamental herbs in traditional Chinese medicine, where its twigs and leaves are used for the treatment of lumbago, limb numbness, and indigestion.[2] However, there is no scientific evidence that it has any clinical effect.
Phytochemicals
[edit]Flueggea suffruticosa contains various alkaloids, such as securinine.[4][5][6][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Flueggea suffruticosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
- ^ a b c Zhou, Li; Zhao, Bing-Xin; Jiang, Ren-Wang; Huang, Xiao-Jun; Wu, Zhen-Long; Wang, Ying; Ye, Wen-Cai (3 June 2014). "Securinega alkaloids from the fruits of Flueggea suffruticosa". Journal of Asian Natural Products Research. 16 (6). Informa UK Limited: 593–601. doi:10.1080/10286020.2014.930443. ISSN 1028-6020. PMID 24957326. S2CID 722367.
- ^ "Securinega suffruticosa - Plants For A Future database report". Archived from the original on 2009-01-17. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
- ^ Wang, Dan-Shu; Fang, Lian-Hua; Du, Guan-Hua (2018). "Securinine". Natural Small Molecule Drugs from Plants. Springer Singapore. pp. 325–330. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-8022-7_54. ISBN 978-981-10-8021-0.
- ^ Horii ZI, Ikeda M, Tamura Y, Saito S, Kotera K, Iwamoto T (November 1965). "Isolation of securinol A,B, and C from Securinega suffruticosa Rehd. and the structures of securinol A and B". Chem. Pharm. Bull. 13 (11): 1307–11. doi:10.1248/cpb.13.1307. PMID 5864721.
- ^ Raj, D.; Łuczkiewicz, M. (2008). "Securinega suffruticosa". Fitoterapia. 79 (6): 419–427. doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2008.02.011. ISSN 0367-326X. PMID 18534774. S2CID 43122113.
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- "Flueggea suffruticosa". Useful Tropical Plants.
- "Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill". Catalog of Life.
- "Securinega suffruticosa - (Pall.)Rehder". Plants for a Future.