''Garcinia hanburyi'' is a plant species in the genus ''
Garcinia
''Garcinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae native to Asia, America, Australia, tropical and southern Africa, and Polynesia. The number of species is disputed; Plants of the World Online (POWO) recognise up to 400. Common ...
'', native to
Indochina
Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...
; it is one of the
gamboge
Gamboge ( , ) is a partially transparent deep saffron to mustard yellow pigment.Other forms and spellings are: cambodia, cambogium, camboge, cambugium, gambaugium, gambogia, gambozia, gamboidea, gambogium, gumbouge, gambouge, gamboge, gambooge, g ...
producing trees.
Cytotoxic
Cytotoxicity is the quality of being toxic to cells. Examples of toxic agents are an immune cell or some types of venom, e.g. from the puff adder (''Bitis arietans'') or brown recluse spider (''Loxosceles reclusa'').
Cell physiology
Treating cells ...
xanthonoid
A xanthonoid is a chemical natural phenolic compound formed from the xanthone backbone. Many members of the Clusiaceae contain xanthonoids.
Xanthonoid biosynthesis in cell cultures of ''Hypericum androsaemum'' involves the presence of a benzophen ...
s (
gambogin,
morellin dimethyl acetal,
isomoreollin B,
moreollic acid,
gambogenic acid,
gambogenin,
isogambogenin,
desoxygambogenin,
gambogenin dimethyl acetal,
gambogellic acid,
gambogic acid,
isomorellin,
morellic acid,
desoxymorellin,
hanburin) and
isomorellinol can be isolated from the dry latex of ''G. hanburyi''.
References
''Garcinia hanburyi'' on www.worldagroforestry.org
hanburyi
Plants described in 1875
Plant dyes
Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker
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