Dendrobium plicatile explained

Dendrobium plicatile is an Asian orchid species, a member of the genus Dendobium. It was formerly described as Flickingeria fimbriata.

Distribution

The orchid's native regions include Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, and Malesia.

It is found in Borneo, Cambodia, South and Central China, Hainan, Himalayas East, India (Assam), Java, Laos, Nusa Tenggara islands, Malaya, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Description

The methanol extract of D. plicatile has been shown to scavenge the superoxide anion radical ·O₂⁻.^[1] Flower extracts from the closely related species Dendrobium officinale have also been proven to reduce fatty liver disease, oxidative stress, and inflammation, protecting against alcohol-induced liver injury.^[2]

From the stems, three phenanthrenes can be isolated, named plicatol A, B and C.^[3]

The plant also contains the norditerpenoids named flickinflimilins A and B and steroids.^[4]

External links

• • • Flickingeria fimbriata at orchidspecies.com

Notes and References

1. Ohsugi . Mizue . Fan . Wenzhe . Hase . Koji . Xiong . Quanbo . Tezuka . Yasuhiro . Komatsu . Katsuko . Namba . Tsuneo . Saitoh . Tomohiro . Tazawa . Kenji . Kadota . Shigetoshi . 1999-10-01 . Active-oxygen scavenging activity of traditional nourishing-tonic herbal medicines and active constituents of Rhodiola sacra . Journal of Ethnopharmacology . en . 67 . 1 . 111–119 . 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00245-1 . 10616967 . 0378-8741.
2. Wu . Yu-Lin . Huang . Si-Han . He . Chun-Mei . Qiu . Bo . Liu . Jing-Jing . Li . Jia . Lin . Ying . Yu . Sheng-Lu . Wang . Hong-Feng . Zhang . Gui-Fang . 2020-10-14 . Dendrobium officinale Flower Extraction Mitigates Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury in Mice: Role of Antisteatosis, Antioxidative, and Anti-Inflammatory . Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine . 2020 . 1421853 . 10.1155/2020/1421853 . 1741-427X . 7603571 . 33149748. free .
3. 10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00497-5 . Phenanthrenes from Dendrobium plicatile . 2000 . Honda . Chie . Yamaki . Masae . Phytochemistry . 53 . 8 . 987–990 . 10820817 .
4. 10.3390/molecules19055863 . free . Norditerpenoids from Flickingeria fimbriata and Their Inhibitory Activities on Nitric Oxide and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Production in Mouse Macrophages . 2014 . Chen . Jin-Long . Zhong . Wen-Jun . Tang . Gui-Hua . Li . Jing . Zhao . Zhi-Min . Yang . De-Po . Jiang . Lin . Molecules . 19 . 5 . 5863–5875 . 24806582 . 6271523 .