Biology:Steganotaenia araliacea

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Short description: Species of plant

Steganotaenia araliacea
Steganotaenia araliacea.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Steganotaenia
Species:
S. araliacea
Binomial name
Steganotaenia araliacea
Hochst.

Steganotaenia araliacea is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon,[1] Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa , Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.[2]

Active compounds

Plant contains a number of substances with antimitotic and antitubulin activity on various lines of neoplasmic cells:[3]

  • Steganacin
  • Stegangin
  • Steganolide A
  • Steganol
  • Steganone
  • Epistegangin (Steganone ketone)
  • Steganoate B

References

  1. D.H. Fulton, J.E. Bower, P.D. Landry, J. Boulet, G. Escoffier, G.B. McLeroy, "Inventaire de ressources du Nord du Cameroun, Afrique", United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service et Fonds d'Aide et de Coopration, France en Cooperation avec le United States Department of State, Agency for International Development, U.S. Government Printing Office: 1978-269-362/15., p. 190 (In PDF 213). On arborescent plants list.
  2. Agroforestry Database 4.0 (Orwa et al. 2009) http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb2/AFTPDFS/Steganotaenia_araliacea.pdf
  3. R.W. Wang, L.I. Rebhum, S.M. Kupchan „Antimitotic and antitubulin activity of the tumor inhibitor steganacin.”, Cancer Res, VIII 1977, Vol. 37 (9), pp. 3071-9. http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/37/9/3071

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7606669 entry