| Flueggea suffruticosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Genus: | Flueggea |
| Species: | F. suffruticosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill. | |
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Flueggea suffruticosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a deciduous shrub that is widely distributed in Asia, America, Europe, and Africa. It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name yī yè qiū (Chinese: 一叶秋).
Uses
Folk medicine
F. suffruticosa is one of the 50 fundamental herbs in traditional Chinese medicine, where its twigs and leaves are used for the treatment of lumbago, limb numbness, and indigestion. However, there is no scientific evidence that it has any clinical effect.
Phytochemicals
Flueggea suffruticosa contains various alkaloids, such as securinine.
References
- ^ "Flueggea suffruticosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
- ^ Zhou, Li; Zhao, Bing-Xin; Jiang, Ren-Wang; Huang, Xiao-Jun; Wu, Zhen-Long; Wang, Ying; Ye, Wen-Cai (3 June 2014). "Securinega alkaloids from the fruits of Flueggea suffruticosa". Journal of Asian Natural Products Research. 16 (6). Informa UK Limited: 593–601. doi:10.1080/10286020.2014.930443. ISSN 1028-6020. PMID 24957326. S2CID 722367.
- "Securinega suffruticosa - Plants For A Future database report". Archived from the original on 2009-01-17. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
- Wang, Dan-Shu; Fang, Lian-Hua; Du, Guan-Hua (2018). "Securinine". Natural Small Molecule Drugs from Plants. Springer Singapore. pp. 325–330. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-8022-7_54. ISBN 978-981-10-8021-0.
- Horii ZI, Ikeda M, Tamura Y, Saito S, Kotera K, Iwamoto T (November 1965). "Isolation of securinol A,B, and C from Securinega suffruticosa Rehd. and the structures of securinol A and B". Chem. Pharm. Bull. 13 (11): 1307–11. doi:10.1248/cpb.13.1307. PMID 5864721.
- Raj, D.; Łuczkiewicz, M. (2008). "Securinega suffruticosa". Fitoterapia. 79 (6): 419–427. doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2008.02.011. ISSN 0367-326X. PMID 18534774. S2CID 43122113.
External links
- "Flueggea suffruticosa". Useful Tropical Plants.
- "Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill". Catalog of Life.
- "Securinega suffruticosa - (Pall.)Rehder". Plants for a Future.
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