Selliguea feei explained

Selliguea feei is a fern belonging to the genus Selliguea in the family Polypodiaceae. This fern can be collected in Indonesia.[1] The species name feei commemorates the botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée.

Biochemistry

Selligueain A is an A type proanthocyanidin trimer and a sweetener that can be extracted from the rhizome of the plant.[1]

Kaempferol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside-7-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside, a known bitter-tasting flavonoid glycoside, (-)-4β-carboxymethyl epiafzelechin (3'-deoxydryopteric acid), epiafzelechin-(4β→8, 2β→O→7)-epiafzelechin-(4β→8)-3'-deoxydryopteric acid methyl ester (selligueain B), and (+)-afzelechin-O-β-4'-D-glucopyranoside were also isolated from the rhizomes of Selliguea feei.[2]

Notes and References

  1. 8254348 . 1993 . Baek . NI . Chung . MS . Shamon . L . Kardono . LB . Tsauri . S . Padmawinata . K . Pezzuto . JM . Soejarto . DD . Kinghorn . AD . Selligueain A, a novel highly sweet proanthocyanidin from the rhizomes of Selliguea feei . 56 . 9 . 1532–8 . Journal of Natural Products . 10.1021/np50099a011.
  2. . 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97105-X . Flavonoids and a proanthocyanidin from rhizomes of Selliguea feei . 1994 . Baek . Nam-In . Kennelly . Edward J. . Kardono . Leonardus B.S. . Tsauri . Soefjan . Padmawinata . Kosasih . Doel Soejarto . D. . Douglas Kinghorn . A. . Phytochemistry . 36 . 2 . 513–8.