Cupania cinerea
Cupania cinerea is a plant species in the family Sapindaceae. It was described as a new species in 1843 by German botanist Eduard Friedrich Poeppig.[1] The plant is native to South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela) and Central America (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panamá).[2]
| Cupania cinerea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Cupania |
| Species: | C. cinerea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cupania cinerea | |
Several phytochemicals occur in the plant, including cupacinoside, cupacinoxepin, scopoletin, caryophyllene oxide, two bisabolene sesquiterpenes, lichexanthone, gustastatin, lupenone, betulone, 17β,21β-epoxyhopan-3-one, taraxerol, and taraxerone.[3]
References
- Poeppig, Eduard; Endlicher, Stephan (1843). Nova genera ac species plantarum, quas in regno Chilensi Peruviano et in terra Amazonica (in Latin). Vol. 3. Leipzig: Sumptibus F. Hofmeister. p. 38.
- "Cupania cinerea Poepp". Plants of the World Online. 1 March 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- Gachet, M. Salomé; Kunert, Olaf; Kaiser, Marcel; Brun, Reto; Zehl, Martin; Keller, Walter; Muñoz, Ricardo A.; Bauer, Rudolf; Schuehly, Wolfgang (2011). "Antiparasitic compounds from Cupania cinerea with activities against Plasmodium falciparum and Trypanosoma bruceirhodesiense". Journal of Natural Products. 74 (4): 559–566. doi:10.1021/np100415m. PMID 21438586.
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