Biology:Flueggea suffruticosa

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Flueggea suffruticosa
Securinega suffruticosa.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Flueggea
Species:
F. suffruticosa
Binomial name
Flueggea suffruticosa
(Pall.) Baill.[1]
Synonyms
  • Pharnaceum suffruticosum Pall.
  • Securinega ramiflora Müll. Arg.
  • Securinega suffruticosa (Pall.) Rehder[1]

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

Folk medicine

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

Flueggea suffruticosa contains various alkaloids, such as securinine.[4][5][6][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Flueggea suffruticosa | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2008-02-06 }}
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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 (Informa UK Limited) 16 (6): 593–601. doi:10.1080/10286020.2014.930443. ISSN 1028-6020. PMID 24957326. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10286020.2014.930443. 
  3. "Securinega suffruticosa - Plants For A Future database report". http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Securinega+suffruticosa. 
  4. 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. 
  5. "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. November 1965. doi:10.1248/cpb.13.1307. PMID 5864721. 
  6. 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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1070810 entry