Castela emoryi
| Castela emoryi | |
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| Castela emoryi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Simaroubaceae |
| Genus: | Castela |
| Species: | C. emoryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Castela emoryi (A.Gray) Moran & Felger Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 15(4):40. 1968 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Holacantha emoryi A. Gray | |
Castela emoryi, the Crucifixion thorn, is a shrub species in the genus Castela native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts.
C. emoryi contains quassinoids such as glaucarubolone glucoside which has antifeedant properties against termites such as Reticulitermes flavipes[1] or potential fungicidal activity for the control of grape downy mildew.[2] It also contains glaucarubol, a compound characteristic of the family, ellagic acid, betulin and (—)-syringaresinol.[3]
References
- ↑ Antifeedant properties of natural products from Parthenium argentatum, P. argentatum×P. tomentosum (Asteraceae) and Castelaemoryi (Simaroubeaceae) against Reticulitermes flavipes. Carmen Gutiérrez, Azucena Gonzalez-Coloma and Joseph J. Hoffmann, Industrial Crops and Products, Volume 10, Issue 1, June 1999, Pages 35–40, doi:10.1016/S0926-6690(99)00003-5
- ↑ Glaucarubolone glucoside, a potential fungicidal agent for the control of grape downy mildew. Joseph J. Hoffmann, Shivanand D. Jolad, Louis K. Hutter, Steven P. McLaughlin, Steven D. Savage, Scott D. Cunningham, Jean Luc. Genet and George R. Ramsey, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1992, 40 (6), pages 1056–1057, doi:10.1021/jf00018a029
- ↑ Constituents of holacantha emoryi. W. Stöcklin, L.B. De Silva and T.A. Geissman, Phytochemistry, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 1969, Pages 1565–1569, doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85931-2
External links
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Data related to Castela emoryi at Wikispecies