Zanthoxylum gilletii explained

Zanthoxylum gilletii, the East African satinwood, is a tree species in the genus Zanthoxylum found in Africa. The fruits are used to produce the spice uzazi.

Chemistry

The alkaloid nitidine can be isolated from the plant.^[1]

The amide alkaloids N-(4-hydroxyphenethyl)octacosanamide, N-(4-hydroxyphenethyl)hexacosanamide, N-(4-hydroxyphenethyl)decanamide, N-vanilloyltyramine and N-[O-docosanoylvanilloyl]tyramine can be isolated from the stem bark.^[2] The lignan sesamin, the N-isobutylamide γ-sanshool, the acridone alkaloids 1-hydroxy-3-methoxy-N-methylacridone, arborinine, xanthoxoline and 1-hydroxy-3-methoxyacridone can also be extracted from the bark^[3] as well as the alkaloids oblongine, tembetarine and magnoflorine and the flavonoid hesperidin.^[4]

External links

• http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/products/afdbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=17988

Notes and References

1. Alkaloids of Fagara macrophylla . F.G. . Torto . Frank Gibbs Torto. I.A. . Mensah . Phytochemistry . April 1970 . 9 . 4 . 911–4 . 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85206-1.
2. Amides from the stem bark of Fagara macrophylla . Wansi JD, Nwozo SO, Mbaze LM, Devkota KP, Donkwe Moladje SM, Fomum ZT, Sewald N . Planta Med . April 2009 . 75 . 5 . 517–521 . 10.1055/s-0029-1185327.
3. Bioactive Metabolites from the Bark of Fagara macrophylla . Carmela . Spatafora . Corrado . Tringali . Phytochemical Analysis . May 1997 . 8 . 3 . 139–142 . 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(199705)8:3<139::AID-PCA341>3.0.CO;2-P.
4. Antifeedant constituents from Fagara macrophylla . Corrado . Tringali . Carmela . Spatafora . Valeria . Calı . Monique S.J . Simmonds . Fitoterapia . June 2001 . 72 . 5 . 538–543 . 10.1016/S0367-326X(01)00265-9 . 11429249.