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Griffonia
''Griffonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. ''Griffonia'' is known to have a high concentration of 5-HTP in its seeds. Taxonomy The genus ''Griffonia'' was named by Henri Ernest Baillon, Henri Baillon in honour of his friend and fellow physician Marie-Théophile Griffon du Bellay, explorer of Gabon, pioneer in the study of African trypanosomiasis, sleeping sickness and also of the African entheogen Tabernanthe iboga, Iboga, source of the alkaloid ibogaine. Species ''Griffonia'' comprises the following species: * ''Griffonia physocarpa'' Henri Ernest Baillon, Baill. * ''Griffonia simplicifolia'' (Martin Vahl II, M.Vahl ex Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, DC.) Baill. * ''Griffonia speciosa'' (Friedrich Welwitsch, Welw. ''ex'' George Bentham, Benth.) Paul Hermann Wilhelm Taubert, Taub. * ''Griffonia tessmannii'' (Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, De Wild.) Pierre Compère, Compère References Cer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffonia Tessmannii
''Griffonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. ''Griffonia'' is known to have a high concentration of 5-HTP in its seeds. Taxonomy The genus ''Griffonia'' was named by Henri Ernest Baillon, Henri Baillon in honour of his friend and fellow physician Marie-Théophile Griffon du Bellay, explorer of Gabon, pioneer in the study of African trypanosomiasis, sleeping sickness and also of the African entheogen Tabernanthe iboga, Iboga, source of the alkaloid ibogaine. Species ''Griffonia'' comprises the following species: * ''Griffonia physocarpa'' Henri Ernest Baillon, Baill. * ''Griffonia simplicifolia'' (Martin Vahl II, M.Vahl ex Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, DC.) Baill. * ''Griffonia speciosa'' (Friedrich Welwitsch, Welw. ''ex'' George Bentham, Benth.) Paul Hermann Wilhelm Taubert, Taub. * ''Griffonia tessmannii'' (Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, De Wild.) Pierre Compère, Compère References Cer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffonia Physocarpa
''Griffonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. ''Griffonia'' is known to have a high concentration of 5-HTP in its seeds. Taxonomy The genus ''Griffonia'' was named by Henri Baillon in honour of his friend and fellow physician Marie-Théophile Griffon du Bellay, explorer of Gabon, pioneer in the study of sleeping sickness and also of the African entheogen Iboga, source of the alkaloid ibogaine. Species ''Griffonia'' comprises the following species: * '' Griffonia physocarpa'' Baill. * '' Griffonia simplicifolia'' ( M.Vahl ex DC.) Baill. * '' Griffonia speciosa'' (Welw. ''ex'' Benth.) Taub. * ''Griffonia tessmannii ''Griffonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. ''Griffonia'' is known to have a high concentration of 5-HTP in its seeds. Taxonomy The genus ''Griffonia'' was named by Henri ...'' ( De Wild.) Compère References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffonia Speciosa
''Griffonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. ''Griffonia'' is known to have a high concentration of 5-HTP in its seeds. Taxonomy The genus ''Griffonia'' was named by Henri Baillon in honour of his friend and fellow physician Marie-Théophile Griffon du Bellay, explorer of Gabon, pioneer in the study of sleeping sickness and also of the African entheogen Iboga, source of the alkaloid ibogaine. Species ''Griffonia'' comprises the following species: * ''Griffonia physocarpa'' Baill. * '' Griffonia simplicifolia'' ( M.Vahl ex DC.) Baill. * '' Griffonia speciosa'' (Welw. ''ex'' Benth.) Taub. * ''Griffonia tessmannii ''Griffonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. ''Griffonia'' is known to have a high concentration of 5-HTP in its seeds. Taxonomy The genus ''Griffonia'' was named by Henri ...'' ( De Wild.) Compère References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffonia Simplicifolia
''Griffonia simplicifolia'' (syn. ''Bandeiraea simplicifolia'' Benth.) is a woody climbing shrub native to West Africa and Central Africa. It grows to about 3 m, and bears greenish flowers followed by black pods. Taxonomy and early study The genus ''Griffonia'' was named by botanist Henri Baillon in honour of his friend and fellow physician Marie-Théophile Griffon du Bellay, explorer of Gabon, pioneer in the study of sleeping sickness and also of the African entheogen Iboga, source of the alkaloid ibogaine. Griffon de Bellay undertook an early study of the properties of ''G. simplicifolia''. Chemical constituents The seeds of the plant are used as a herbal supplement for their 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) content. 5-Hydroxytryptophan is an important building block for the human body to form serotonin, a neurotransmitter. In one "randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial" in 2010 ''Griffonia simplicifolia'' extract, administered via oral spray to twenty overweight fem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Théophile Griffon Du Bellay
Marie-Théophile Griffon du Bellay (14 August 1829 – 10 November 1908) was a French physician, naval surgeon, explorer and ethnobotanist. Life Marie-Théophile was born at Rochefort, the middle child of the three sons of Joseph Jean Baptiste Alexandre Griffon du Bellay and Marie Elisabeth Claire de Nesmond. His father was one of the last remaining survivors of the infamous '' wreck of the Medusa'' (upon which he had served as secretary to the then governor of Senegal Colonel Julien-Désiré Schmaltz) and became a commissioner in the French Navy. Qualifying as a naval surgeon at the age of 20 in 1849, Marie-Théophile served on several French naval vessels between 1850 and 1861, his periods of service interspersed with time ashore in the port town of Rochefort. On the eighth of March 1856, he qualified as Doctor of Medicine, his doctoral thesis at the University of Montpellier being entitled ''Essai sur le Tétanos'' ("Essay upon Tetanus"). Surgeon first class of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5-HTP
5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), also known as oxitriptan, is a naturally occurring amino acid and chemical precursor as well as a metabolic intermediate in the biosynthesis of the neurotransmitter serotonin. Uses 5-HTP is sold over the counter in the United States, Canada, Singapore, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom as a dietary supplement for use as an antidepressant, appetite suppressant, and sleep aid. It is also marketed in many European countries for the indication of major depression under the trade names Cincofarm, Levothym, Levotonine, Oxyfan, Telesol, Tript-OH, and Triptum. A 2002 review concluded that although the data evaluated suggests that 5-HTP is more effective than placebo in the treatment of depression, the evidence was insufficient to be conclusive due to a lack of clinical data meeting the rigorous standards of the day. More and larger studies using current methodologies are needed to determine if 5-HTP is truly effective in treating depressio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cercidoideae
Cercidoideae is a subfamily in the pea family, Fabaceae. Well-known members include ''Cercis'' (redbuds), including species widely cultivated as ornamental trees in the United States and Europe, ''Bauhinia'', widely cultivated as an ornamental tree in tropical Asia, and ''Tylosema'' , a semi-woody genus of Africa. The subfamily occupies a basal position within the Fabaceae and is supported as monophyletic in many molecular phylogenies. At the 6th International Legume Conference, the Legume Phylogeny Working Group proposed elevating the tribe Cercidae to the level of subfamily within the Leguminosae (Fabaceae). The consensus agreed to the change, which was fully implemented in 2017. It has the following clade-based definition: The most inclusive crown clade containing '' Cercis canadensis'' L. and ''Bauhinia divaricata'' L. but not '' Poeppigia procera'' C.Presl, '' Duparquetia orchidacea'' Baill., or '' Bobgunnia fistuloides'' (Harms) J.H.Kirkbr. & Wiersema. Many genera show uniqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,100 staff. Its board of trustees is chaired by Dame Amelia Fawcett. The organisation manages botanic gardens at Kew in Richmond upon Thames in south-west London, and at Wakehurst, a National Trust property in Sussex which is home to the internationally important Millennium Seed Bank, whose scientists work with partner organisations in more than 95 countries. Kew, jointly with the Forestry Commission, founded Bedgebury National Pinetum in Kent in 1923, specialising in growing conifers. In 1994, the Castle Howard Arboretum Trust, which runs the Yorkshire Arboretum, was formed as a partnership between Kew and the Castle Howard Estate. In 2019, the organisation had 2,316,699 public visitors at Kew, and 312,813 at Wakehurst. Its site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Vahl II
Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (other) * Martin County (other) * Martin Township (other) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Australia * Martin, Western Australia * Martin Place, Sydney Caribbean * Martin, Saint-Jean-du-Sud, Haiti, a village in the Sud Department of Haiti Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village in Slavonia, Croatia * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Martin (Val Poschiavo), Switzerland England * Martin, Hampshire * Martin, Kent * Martin, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, hamlet and former parish in East Lindsey district * Martin, North Kesteven, village and parish in Lincolnshire in North Kesteven district * Martin Hussingtree, Worcestershire * Martin Mere, a lake in Lancashire ** WWT Martin Mere, a wetland nature reserve that includes the lake and surrounding areas * Martin Mill, Kent North America Canada * Rural Municipality of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustin Pyramus De Candolle
Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle had established a new genus, and he went on to document hundreds of plant families and create a new natural plant classification system. Although de Candolle's main focus was botany, he also contributed to related fields such as phytogeography, agronomy, paleontology, medical botany, and economic botany. De Candolle originated the idea of "Nature's war", which influenced Charles Darwin and the principle of natural selection. de Candolle recognized that multiple species may develop similar characteristics that did not appear in a common evolutionary ancestor; a phenomenon now known as convergent evolution. During his work with plants, de Candolle noticed that plant leaf movements follow a near-24-hour cycle in constant light, suggestin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Welwitsch
Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch (25 February 1806 – 20 October 1872) was an Austrian explorer and botanist who in Angola was the first European to describe the plant ''Welwitschia mirabilis''. His report received wide attention among the botanists and general public, comparable only to the discovery of two other plants in the 19th century, namely ''Victoria amazonica'' and ''Rafflesia arnoldii''.Strlič, Matija. "Dr. Friderik Velbič, 1806–1872". ''Proteus, the journal of the Natural Sciences Society of Slovenia''. Year 61, No. 9/10 (pp. 396-404). ISSN 0033-1805. In Angola, Welwitsch also discovered ''Rhipsalis baccifera'', the only cactus species naturally occurring outside the New World. It was found a few years later in Sri Lanka too, which reignited the now already one-and-a-half-century-old debate on the origin of cacti in Africa and Asia. At the time, the debate concluded with the conviction of numerous authors that they were introduced and spread by migratory bird ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry A
Henry may refer to: People * Henry (given name) * Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany ** Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: ** Henry I of Castile ** Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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