Biology:Mallotus oppositifolius

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Mallotus oppositifolius
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Mallotus
Species:
M. oppositifolius
Binomial name
Mallotus oppositifolius
(Geiseler) Müll.Arg.
Varieties

M. oppositifolius var. genuinus
M. oppositifolius var. glabratus
M. oppositifolius var. integrifolius
M. oppositifolius var. lindicus
M. oppositifolius var. pubescens

Mallotus oppositifolius is a plant species in the genus Mallotus found in Africa and Madagascar.

The variety Mallotus oppositifolius var. lindicus is classified in the IUCN red list of vulnerable species of plants.[2]

The aqueous and ethanol extracts of the plant show antifungal properties,[3] and anti parasitic activity against blastocystis hominis.[4] The bioassay-guided fractionation of an ethanol extract of the leaves and inflorescence of M. oppositifolius collected in Madagascar led to the isolation of the two new bioactive dimeric phloroglucinols mallotojaponins B and C, together with mallotophenone. These compounds show antiproliferative and antiplasmodial (antimalarial) activities.[5]

References

  1. Beentje, H.J.; Gereau, R.E.; Hilton-Taylor, C.; Howard, G.; Kindeketa, W.; Luke, W.R.Q.; Maunder, M.; Mwachala, G. et al. (2020). "Mallotus oppositifolius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T62455A3114823. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T62455A3114823.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62455/3114823. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. Lovett, J.; Clarke, G.P. (1998). "Mallotus oppositifolius var. lindicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T35791A9953219. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35791A9953219.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/35791/9953219. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  3. Adekunle, AA; Ikumapayi, AM (2006). "Antifungal property and phytochemical screening of the crude extracts of Funtumia elastica and Mallotus oppositifolius". The West Indian Medical Journal 55 (4): 219–23. doi:10.1590/s0043-31442006000400003. PMID 17249309. 
  4. Bremer Christensen, C.; Soelberg, J.; Stensvold, CR.; Jäger, AK. (March 2015). "Activity of medicinal plants from Ghana against the parasitic gut protist Blastocystis.". J Ethnopharmacol 174: 569–75. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2015.03.006. PMID 25773490. 
  5. Harinantenaina, Liva; Bowman, Jessica D.; Brodie, Peggy J.; Slebodnick, Carla; Callmander, Martin W.; Rakotobe, Etienne; Randrianaivo, Richard; Rasamison, Vincent E. et al. (2013). "Antiproliferative and Antiplasmodial Dimeric Phloroglucinols from Mallotus oppositifolius from the Madagascar Dry Forest(1)". Journal of Natural Products 76 (3): 388–93. doi:10.1021/np300750q. PMID 23286240. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13931115 entry