''Albuca fastigiata'' is a plant species in the genus ''
Albuca'' native to the
Cape Provinces of
South Africa,
where it is used in ethnomedicine.
[A novel 3-hydroxy-3-benzyl-4-chromanone-type homoisoflavonoid from Albuca fastigiata (Ornithogaloideae: Hyacinthaceae). Koorbanally, Mulholland and Crouch, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, May 2005, volume 33, issue 5, pages 545–549, ]
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homoisoflavanone
Homoisoflavonoids (3-benzylidenechroman-4-ones) are a type of phenolic compounds occurring naturally in plants.
Chemically, they have the general structure of a 16-carbon skeleton, which consists of two phenyl rings (A and B) and heterocyclic rin ...
can be found in ''A. fastigiata''.
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References
fastigiata
Flora of the Cape Provinces
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