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Hypericum mysorense

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Species of flowering plant

Hypericum mysorense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Hypericaceae
Genus: Hypericum
Species: H. mysorense
Binomial name
Hypericum mysorense
B.Heyne

Hypericum mysorense is a species of flowering plant in the Hypericaceae family. It is primarily found at high elevations in the Western Ghats of India and the mountains of Sri Lanka, but was also reported from Socotra by Isaac Bayley Balfour in the 19th century. It was studied to improve understanding of endosperm formation in Hypericum, and the identification of a number of xanthone derivatives from this species contributed to the chemotaxonomic description of subfamily Hypericoideae.

Hypericum mysorense has been used to treat wounds as part of the Ayurvedic system of traditional medicine. Some research into the possibility of antiherpetic properties in H. mysorense extracts has been performed.

References

  1. Meher-Homji VM. (1967). "Phytogeography of the South Indian Hill Stations". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 94 (4): 230–242. doi:10.2307/2483901. JSTOR 2483901.
  2. Balfour IB (1888). Botany of Socotra. Robert Grant & Son. p. lxvii.
  3. Swamy BGL. (1946). "Endosperm in Hypericum mysorense Heyne". Annals of Botany. 10 (2): 165–169. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a083127.
  4. Gunatilaka AA, Balasubramaniam S, Kumar V (1979). "2,3-Dimethoxyxanthone from Hypericum mysorense". Phytochemistry. 18 (1): 182–183. Bibcode:1979PChem..18..182G. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90946-4.
  5. Gunatilaka AAL; De Silva AMYJ; Sotheeswaran S. (1982). "Minor xanthones of Hypericum mysorense". Phytochemistry. 21 (7): 1751–1753. Bibcode:1982PChem..21.1751L. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(82)85053-X.
  6. Kumar B, Vijayakumar M, Govindarajan R, Pushpangadan P (2007). "Ethnopharmacological approaches to wound healing—Exploring medicinal plants of India". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 114 (2): 103–113. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2007.08.010. PMID 17884316.
  7. Vijayan P, Raghu C, Ashok G, Dhanaraj SA, Suresh B (2004). "Antiviral activity of medicinal plants of Nilgiris" (PDF). Indian Journal of Medical Research. 120 (1): 24–29. PMID 15299228.
  8. Khan MT, Ather A, Thompson KD, Gambari R (2005). "Extracts and molecules from medicinal plants against herpes simplex viruses". Antiviral Research. 67 (2): 107–119. doi:10.1016/j.antiviral.2005.05.002. PMID 16040137.
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Hypericum mysorense


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