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Cryptolepis Sanguinolenta
''Cryptolepis sanguinolenta'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. An extract from the root is traditionally used in West Africa for malaria Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or deat .... The roots of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta contain a major alkaloid called cryptolepine. The roots are also used as a yellow dye. References External links International Plant Names Index Periplocoideae Flora of Africa Plants described in 1825 {{Apocynaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowering Plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees, shrubs and vines, and most aquatic plants. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ἀγγεῖον / ('container, vessel') and σπέρμα / ('seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit. They are by far the most diverse group of land plants with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Angiosperms were formerly called Magnoliophyta (). Angiosperms are distinguished from the other seed-producing plants, the gymnosperms, by having flowers, xylem consisting of vessel elements instead of tracheids, endosperm within their seeds, and fruits that completely envelop the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the common ance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the family are native to the European, Asian, African, Australian, and Americas, American tropics or subtropics, with some temperate members. The former family Asclepiadaceae (now known as Asclepiadoideae) is considered a subfamily of Apocynaceae and contains 348 genera. A list of Apocynaceae genera may be found List of subfamilies and genera of Apocynaceae, here. Many species are tall trees found in tropical forests, but some grow in tropical dry (xeric) environments. Also perennial plant, perennial herbs from temperate zones occur. Many of these plants have milky latex, and many species are poisonous if ingested, the family being rich in genera containing alkaloids and cardiac glycosides, those containing the latter often finding use as arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. Symptoms usually begin ten to fifteen days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. If not properly treated, people may have recurrences of the disease months later. In those who have recently survived an infection, reinfection usually causes milder symptoms. This partial resistance disappears over months to years if the person has no continuing exposure to malaria. Malaria is caused by single-celled microorganisms of the '' Plasmodium'' group. It is spread exclusively through bites of infected '' Anopheles'' mosquitoes. The mosquito bite introduces the parasites from the mosquito's saliva into a person's blood. The parasites travel to the liver where they mature and reproduce. Five species of ''Plasmodium'' can infect and be spr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptolepine
Cryptolepine is an alkaloid with antimalarial and cytotoxic properties, ''in vitro'' and in mice. It is able to intercalate into DNA at the cytosine-cytosine sites. Because of its toxicity, Cryptolepine is not considered appropriate for use as an anti-malarial drug in humans. Cryptolepine can be found in the roots of the West African plant, ''Cryptolepis sanguinolenta ''Cryptolepis sanguinolenta'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. An extract from the root is traditionally used in West Africa for malaria Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other ...''. References Antimalarial agents Experimental cancer drugs Quinoline alkaloids {{alkaloid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Periplocoideae
Periplocoideae is a subfamily of the dogbane plant family, Apocynaceae. It was not divided into tribes as of 2014. Genera In 2014, the subfamily was circumscribed to contain the following genera: *''Atherandra'' Decne. *'' Baroniella'' Costantin & Gallaud *'' Baseonema'' Schltr. & Rendle *''Batesanthus'' N.E.Br. *'' Buckollia'' Venter & R.L.Verh. *''Camptocarpus'' Decne. *'' Cryptolepis'' R.Br. *''Cryptostegia'' R.Br. *'' Decalepis'' Wight & Arn. *'' Ectadium'' E.Mey. *''Epistemma'' D.V.Field & J.B.Hall *'' Finlaysonia'' Wall. *'' Gymnanthera'' R.Br. *'' Hemidesmus'' R.Br. *'' Ischnolepis'' Jum. & H.Perrier *''Kappia'' Venter, A.P.Dold & R.L.Verh. *'' Maclaudia'' Venter & R.L.Verh. *'' Mondia'' Skeels *''Myriopteron'' Griff. *''Parquetina'' Baill. *'' Pentopetia'' Decne. *'' Periploca'' L. *'' Petopentia'' Bullock *'' Phyllanthera'' Blume *'' Raphionacme'' Harv. *'' Sacleuxia'' Baill. (sometimes included in '' Cryptolepis'') *''Sarcorrhiza'' Bullock *''Schlechterella'' K.Schum. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Africa
Flora (: floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring ( indigenous) native plants. The corresponding term for animals is ''fauna'', and for fungi, it is '' funga''. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora as in the terms ''gut flora'' or ''skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
