Chlorophytum inornatum explained

Chlorophytum inornatum is a flowering plant species in the genus Chlorophytum. It is the type species of its genus.It is related to the commonly known houseplant Chlorophytum comosum also referred to as a "spider plant".3-(4'-Methoxybenzyl)-7,8-methylenedioxy-chroman-4-one, a homoisoflavanone with antimycobacterial activity, can be isolated from C. inornatum.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Synthesis of (+/-) homoisoflavanone and corresponding homoisoflavane. Zhang L, Zhang WG, Kang J, Bao K, Dai Y and Yao XS, Journal of Asian natural products research, volume 10, issues 9-10, pages 909-13,
2. Phytochemistry and antimycobacterial activity of Chlorophytum inornatum. Gemma O’Donnell, Franz Bucar and Simon Gibbons, Phytochemistry, January 2006, Volume 67, Issue 2, Pages 178–182,,