Misplaced Pages

Epimedium wushanense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Berberidaceae
Genus:	Epimedium
Species:	E. wushanense
Binomial name
Epimedium wushanense T.S.Ying

Epimedium wushanense , the Wushan fairy wings, is a flowering plant species in the genus Epimedium.

Chemistry

E. wushanense contains a number of flavanoids. 37 compounds were characterized from the underground and aerial parts of the plant. Among them, 28 compounds were prenylflavonoids. The predominant flavonoid, epimedin C, ranged from 1.4 to 5.1% in aerial parts and 1.0 to 2.8% in underground parts. It also contains wushanicaritin and wushankaempferol.

Seven flavonoids named diphylloside A, epimedoside A, epimedin C, icariin, epimedoside C, icarisoside A, desmethylanhydroicaritin, as well as oleanolic acid can be isolated from the roots.

References

1. "epimedin C". Archived from the original on 2011-09-10. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
2. Li, HF; Guan, XY; Ye, M; Xiang, C; Lin, CH; Sun, C; Guo, DA (2011). "Qualitative and quantitative analyses of Epimedium wushanense by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array detection and electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry". Journal of Separation Science. 34 (12): 1437–46. doi:10.1002/jssc.201000899. PMID 21560245.
3. Li, Hui-Fang; Guan, Xiang-yu; Yang, Wen-zhi; Liu, Ke-di; Ye, Min; Sun, Chao; Lu, Shuang; Guo, De-an (2012). "Antioxidant flavonoids from Epimedium wushanense". Fitoterapia. 83 (1): 44–8. doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2011.09.010. PMID 21968061.
4. Xie, J; Sun, W; Duan, K; Zhang, Y (2007). "Chemical constituents of roots of Epimedium wushanense and evaluation of their biological activities". Natural Product Research. 21 (7): 600–5. doi:10.1080/14786410701369680. PMID 17613817.

This Berberidaceae article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Epimedium
• Plants described in 1975
• Berberidaceae stubs