Flueggea suffruticosa explained

Flueggea suffruticosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a deciduous shrub that is widely distributed in Asia, America, Europe, and Africa. It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name yī yè qiū .^[1]

Uses

Folk medicine

F. suffruticosa is one of the 50 fundamental herbs in traditional Chinese medicine, where its twigs and leaves are used for the treatment of lumbago, limb numbness, and indigestion. However, there is no scientific evidence that it has any clinical effect.

Phytochemicals

Flueggea suffruticosa contains various alkaloids, such as securinine.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

External links

• Web site: Useful Tropical Plants . Flueggea suffruticosa .
• Web site: Catalog of Life . Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill. .
• Web site: Plants for a Future . Securinega suffruticosa - (Pall.)Rehder. .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Securinega suffruticosa - Plants For A Future database report . 2008-02-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090117174920/http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Securinega+suffruticosa . 2009-01-17 .
2. Book: Wang . Dan-Shu . Fang . Lian-Hua . Du . Guan-Hua . Natural Small Molecule Drugs from Plants . Securinine . Springer Singapore . 2018 . 978-981-10-8021-0 . 10.1007/978-981-10-8022-7_54 . 325–330.
3. Horii ZI, Ikeda M, Tamura Y, Saito S, Kotera K, Iwamoto T . Isolation of securinol A,B, and C from Securinega suffruticosa Rehd. and the structures of securinol A and B . Chem. Pharm. Bull. . 13 . 11 . 1307–11 . November 1965 . 5864721 . 10.1248/cpb.13.1307 . free .
4. Raj . D. . Łuczkiewicz . M. . Securinega suffruticosa . Fitoterapia . 79 . 6 . 2008 . 0367-326X . 10.1016/j.fitote.2008.02.011 . 419–427. 18534774 . 43122113 .
5. Securinega alkaloids from the fruits of Flueggea suffruticosa . Zhou . Li . Zhao . Bing-Xin . Jiang . Ren-Wang . Huang . Xiao-Jun . Wu . Zhen-Long . Wang . Ying . Ye . Wen-Cai . Journal of Asian Natural Products Research . Informa UK Limited . 16 . 6 . 3 June 2014 . 1028-6020 . 10.1080/10286020.2014.930443 . 593–601. 24957326 . 722367 .