''Taxillus kaempferi'' () is a

parasitic plant A parasitic plant is a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant. They make up about 1% of angiosperms and are found in almost every biome. All parasitic plants develop a specialized organ called the ...

species in the genus ''

Taxillus ''Taxillus''（Chinese : 桑寄生） is a plant genus in the mistletoe family: Loranthaceae. Species * '' Taxillus assamicus'' Danser * ''Taxillus balansae'' (Lecomte) Danser * '' Taxillus baviensis'' Bân * '' Taxillus bracteatus'' Van Tie ...

'' found in China (Anhui, Fujian, W Hubei, S Jiangxi, Sichuan, S Zhejiang), Bhutan and Japan. Its host is ''

Pinus thunbergii ''Pinus thunbergii'' (syn: ''Pinus thunbergiana''), also called black pine, Japanese black pine, and Japanese pine, is a pine tree native to coastal areas of Japan (Kyūshū, Shikoku and Honshū) and South Korea. It is called () in Korean, () ...

''.The constituents of Taxillus kaempferi and the host, Pinus thunbergii. I. Catechins and flavones of Taxillus kaempferi. Konishi T, Nishio T, Kiyosawa S, Fujiwara Y and Konoshima T, Yakugaku Zasshi., February 1996, volume 116, issue 2, pages 148-157 (article in Japanese) The flavonol

avicularin Avicularin is a bio-active flavonol isolated from a number of plants including ''Polygonum aviculare'',LC Method for Analysis of Three Flavonols in Rat Plasma and Urine after Oral Administration of Polygonum aviculare Extract. Fuquan Xu, Huashi Gua ...

can be produced from ''T. kaempferi''.Avicularin, a plant flavonoid, suppresses lipid accumulation through repression of C/EBPα-activated GLUT4-mediated glucose uptake in 3T3-L1 cells. Fujimori K and Shibano M, J Agric Food Chem., 29 May 2013, volume 61, issue 21, pages 5139-5147, , Other flavonoids constituents of the plant are

hyperin Hyperoside is a chemical compound. It is the 3-''O''-galactoside of quercetin. Natural occurrences Hyperoside has been isolated from ''Drosera rotundifolia'', from the Lamiaceae ''Stachys sp.'' and ''Prunella vulgaris'', from ''Rumex acetosella ...

quercitrin Quercitrin is a glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose. Austrian chemist Heinrich Hlasiwetz (1825-1875) is remembered for his chemical analysis of quercitrin. Occurrence Quercitrin is a constituent of the d ...

and taxillusin.Chemical studies on the mistletoe. V. The structure of taxillusin, a new flavonoid glycoside isolated from Taxillus kaempferi. Atsushi Sakurai and Yasuaki Okumura, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1983, volume 56, issue 2, pages 542-544,

References

Loranthaceae Parasitic plants Plants described in 1933 Flora of Anhui Flora of Fujian Flora of Hubei Flora of Jiangxi Flora of Sichuan Flora of Zhejiang Flora of Bhutan Flora of Japan Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle {{Santalales-stub