Remijia

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Remijia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Tribe: Cinchoneae
Genus: Remijia
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Species

36 species; see text

Remijia is a genus in tribe Cinchoneae in the Rubiaceae and is native to Peru and Brazil. Bark of Remijia contains 0,5 - 2 % of quinine. The bark is cheaper than bark of Cinchona and it has an intensive taste so it is used for making of tonic water.[1]

[edit] Species

36 species[2]

  • Remijia asperula
  • Remijia chelomaphylla Sullivan A. G., 1986[3]
  • Remijia ferruginea [4]
  • Remijia hubbardiorum Boom B. M., 2005[5]
  • Remijia peruviana [6]
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[edit] Reference

  1. ^ Henry Hobhouse (2004) Šest rostlin, které změnily svět. Academia, Akademie věd České republiky, Praha, ISBN 80-200-1179-X, page 59. in Czech language
  2. ^ Homepage of Alexandre Antonelli http://www2.dpes.gu.se/staff/aleant/ citováno 11. června 2008
  3. ^ Gene A. Sullivan Remijia chelomaphylla (Rubiaceae), a New Species from Peru Systematic Botany, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1986), pp. 298-301, American Society of Plant Taxonomists
  4. ^ V. F. Andrade-Netoa, M. G. L. Brandãob, J. R. Stehmannc, L. A. Oliveiraa and A. U. Krettli Antimalarial activity of Cinchona-like plants used to treat fever and malaria in Brazil Journal of Ethnopharmacology Volume 87, Issues 2-3, August 2003, Pages 253-256
  5. ^ Boom, B. M. (The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458 U.S.A.; E-mail: bboom@nybg.org). [0105%3AANSORR2.0.CO%3B2&ct=1 A new species of Remijia (Rubiaceae) from Amazonian Brazil]. Brittonia 57: 105–107. 2005.
  6. ^ Ruiz-Mesia L, Ruiz-Mesía W, Reina M, Martínez-Diaz R, de Inés C, Guadaño A, González-Coloma A. Bioactive cinchona alkaloids from Remijia peruviana. J. Agric. Food. Chem. 2005 Mar 23;53(6):1921-6.Click here to read


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