Aegiphila lhotskiana

Aegiphila lhotskiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
Genus: Aegiphila
Species: A. lhotskiana
Binomial name
Aegiphila lhotskiana
Cham.

Aegiphila lhotskiana [1] (syn. Aegiphila lhotskyana Cham. [2]) is a tree native to Bolivia [3] and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

From this plant have been isolated a variety of abietane diterpenes.[4]

References

  1. ^ Aegiphila lhotskiana at Missouri Botanical Garden
  2. ^ (Portuguese) Aegiphila lhotskyana at Flora Brasiliensis
  3. ^ Aegiphila lhotskiana at Bolivia Checklist
  4. ^ Costa-Lotufo, LV; Silveira, ER; Barros, MC; Lima, MA; De Moraes, ME; De Moraes, MO; Pessoa, C (2004). "Antiproliferative effects of abietane diterpenes from Aegiphila lhotzkyana". Planta medica 70 (2): 180–2. doi:10.1055/s-2004-815499. PMID 14994200. 

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