''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 Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within the folk beliefs of various societies, including indigenous peoples, before the ...

as an

analgesic An analgesic drug, also called simply an analgesic (American English), analgaesic (British English), pain reliever, or painkiller, is any member of the group of drugs used to achieve relief from pain (that is, analgesia or pain management). It ...

antiphlogistic Anti-inflammatory is the property of a substance or treatment that reduces inflammation or swelling. Anti-inflammatory drugs, also called anti-inflammatories, make up about half of analgesics. These drugs remedy pain by reducing inflammation as op ...

and spasmolytic agent.Proanthocyanidins – a final frontier in flavonoid research? Richard A. Dixon, De-Yu Xie and Shashi B. Sharma, New Phytologist (2005) 165: 9–28 The species contains

proanthocyanidin B2 Procyanidin B2 is a B type proanthocyanidin. Its structure is (−)-Epicatechin-(4β→8)-(−)-epicatechin. Procyanidin B2 can be found in ''Cinchona pubescens'' (Chinchona: in the rind, bark, and cortex), in '' Cinnamomum verum'' (Ceylon cinnamo ...

proanthocyanidin A1 Procyanidin A1 is an A type proanthocyanidin dimer. It is an epicatechin-(2β→7,4β→8)-catechin dimer found in '' Rhododendron spiciferum'', in peanut skins and in '' Ecdysanthera utilis''. Procyanidin B1 Procyanidin B1 is a procyanidin di ...

and

proanthocyanidin A2 Procyanidin A2 is an A type proanthocyanidin. It is found in avocado, chestnut, cranberry juice concentrate, lychee fruit pericarp, peanut skins, Cinchona cortex, cinnamon Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree sp ...

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Apocyneae Flora of Asia Medicinal plants Plants described in 1837 {{Apocynaceae-stub