Biology:Bupleurum falcatum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Bupleurum falcatum
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Bupleurum
Species:
B. falcatum
Binomial name
Bupleurum falcatum

Bupleurum falcatum, also known as sickle-leaved hare's-ear,[1] Chinese thoroughwax, sickle hare's ear and sickle-leaf hare's ear, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae.[2]

It is endemic to Europe and Western Asia.[2]

Bupleurum falcatum has been used in Chinese medicine for over 2,000 years as a "liver tonic".[3]

Bupleurum falcatum has been found to possess antidepressant properties, mediated through the serotonergic & noradrenergic systems (although the precise mechanism remains to be found).[4]

References

  1. (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17 
  2. 2.0 2.1 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Bupleurum falcatum | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 16 January 2018 }}
  3. Bupleurum (Bupleurum chinenseL., Bupleurum falcatum)
  4. Lee, B; Yun, HY; Shim, I; Lee, H; Hahm, DH (2012). "Bupleurum falcatum Prevents Depression and Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Rats Exposed to Repeated Restraint Stress.". Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 22 (3): 422–30. doi:10.4014/jmb.1110.10077. PMID 22450800. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1152744 entry