Daphnoretin is a

protein kinase C In cell biology, Protein kinase C, commonly abbreviated to PKC (EC 2.7.11.13), is a family of protein kinase enzymes that are involved in controlling the function of other proteins through the phosphorylation of hydroxyl groups of serine and ...

activator isolated from '' Wikstroemia indica'' C.A. Mey, one of the 50 fundamental herbs in

traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medicine, alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. It has been described as "fraught with pseudoscience", with the majority of its treatments having no logica ...

. It has also been found to occur in ''

Stellera chamaejasme ''Stellera'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae, with a single species ''Stellera chamaejasme'' found in mountainous regions of Central Asia, China, Siberia and South Asia. ''S. chamaejasme'' is a herbaceous per ...

'' - the single species in a genus closely related to ''Wikstroemia'' within the family

Thymelaceae The Thymelaeaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants composed of 50 genera (listed below) and 898 species.Zachary S. Rogers (2009 onwards)A World Checklist of Thymelaeaceae (version 1) Missouri Botanical Garden Website, St. Louis. ...

.''Medicinal Plants in Mongolia'' pub. World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific Region 2013

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