''Ledebouria floribunda'' is a species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
in the
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae, known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, ''Asparagus officinalis''. Those who live in the temperate c ...
family. It is found in Africa.
Uses
The
homoisoflavanone
Homoisoflavonoids (3-benzylidenechroman-4-ones) are a type of phenolic compounds occurring naturally in plants.
Chemically, they have the general structure of a 16-carbon skeleton, which consists of two phenyl rings (A and B) and heterocyclic rin ...
s
7-O-α-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-glucopiranosyl-5-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one,
7-O-α-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-glucopiranosyl-5-hydroxy-3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one,
5,7-dihydroxy-3-(4′-methoxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one (
3,9-dihidroeucomin),
5,7-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-3-(4′-methoxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one,
5,7-dihydroxy 3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one (
4,4′-demethyl-3,9-dihydropuctatin),
5,7-dihydroxy-3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-6-methoxy-chroman-4-one (
3,9-dihydroeucomnalin) and
7-hydroxy-3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-5-methoxy-chroman-4-one can be isolated from the bulbs of ''L. floribunda''.
[Homoisoflavanones from Ledebouria floribunda. María Isabel Calvo, Fitoterapia, March 2009, Volume 80, Issue 2, Pages 96–101, ]
Etymology
''Ledebouria'' is named for
(1785–1851),
[Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 232] a botanist who published, among other things, the first complete
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
n flora.
References
* Journal of South African Botany. Kirstenbosch 36:251. 1970
External links
floribunda
Plants described in 1970
Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker
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