Steganotaenia araliacea
| Steganotaenia araliacea | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Steganotaenia |
| Species: | S. araliacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Steganotaenia araliacea Hochest. | |
Steganotaenia araliacea is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family. 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Agroforestry Database 4.0 (Orwa et al. 2009) http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb2/AFTPDFS/Steganotaenia_araliacea.pdf
- ↑ 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
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