Urceola micrantha
Urceola micrantha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Urceola |
Species: | U. micrantha |
Binomial name | |
Urceola micrantha (Wall. ex G.Don) D.J.Middleton | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Urceola micrantha is a plant species in the genus Urceola. It is a shrub widespread across much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas.
In Taïwan, it is used in folk medicine as an analgesic, antiphlogistic and spasmolytic agent.[2]
The species contains proanthocyanidin B2, proanthocyanidin A1 and proanthocyanidin A2.
References
- ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 21, 2014.
- ↑ Proanthocyanidins – a final frontier in flavonoid research? Richard A. Dixon, De-Yu Xie and Shashi B. Sharma, New Phytologist (2005) 165: 9–28 doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01217.x
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