Biology:Coptis japonica
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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Coptis
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Ranunculaceae |
Genus: | Coptis |
Species: | C. japonica
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Coptis japonica (Thunb.) Makino
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Coptis japonica, the Japanese goldthread, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to central and southern Japan, and introduced to Korea.[1] In Asia it is grown for medicinal purposes, with the main alkaloid being berberine.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Coptis japonica (Thunb.) Makino". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:710316-1.
- ↑ Shitan, N.; Bazin, I.; Dan, K.; Obata, K.; Kigawa, K.; Ueda, K.; Sato, F.; Forestier, C. et al. (2003). "Involvement of CjMDR1, a plant multidrug-resistance-type ATP-binding cassette protein, in alkaloid transport in Coptis japonica". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100 (2): 751–756. doi:10.1073/pnas.0134257100. PMID 12524452.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q11291736 entry
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptis japonica.
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