''Smallanthus fruticosus'' is a species of shrub in the

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. It is native to the

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(from Colombia to

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). ''S. fruticosus'' contains the cytotoxic flavone

centaureidin Centaureidin is an O-methylated flavonol. It can be isolated from ''Tanacetum microphyllum'', ''Achillea millefolium'', '' Brickellia veronicaefolia'', ''Bidens pilosa ''Bidens pilosa'' is an annual species of herbaceous flowering plant in t ...

and the flavanone

sakuranetin Sakuranetin is a flavan-on, the 7-methoxy derivative of naringenin, found in Polymnia fruticosa and rice, where it acts as a phytoalexin against spore germination of '' Pyricularia oryzae''. Glycosides Sakuranin is the 5-O- glucoside of sakuran ...

.Sakuranetin on home.ncifcrf.gov
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