Garcinia hanburyi explained

Garcinia hanburyi is a plant species in the genus Garcinia, native to Indochina; it is one of the gamboge producing trees.

Cytotoxic xanthonoids (gambogin, morellin dimethyl acetal, isomoreollin B, moreollic acid, gambogenic acid, gambogenin, isogambogenin, desoxygambogenin, gambogenin dimethyl acetal, gambogellic acid, gambogic acid, isomorellin, morellic acid, desoxymorellin, hanburin^[1]) and isomorellinol^[2] can be isolated from the dry latex of G. hanburyi.

References

• Garcinia hanburyi on www.worldagroforestry.org

Notes and References

1. Asano . J. . Chiba . K. . Tada . M. . Yoshii . T. . Cytotoxic Xanthones from Garcinia hanburyi . Phytochemistry . 41 . 3 . 815–820 . 1996 . 8835458. 10.1016/0031-9422(95)00682-6. 1996PChem..41..815A .
2. Zhou . Y. . Liu . X. . Yang . J. . Han . Q. . Song . J. . Li . S. . Qiao . C. . Ding . L. . Xu . H. . 10.1016/j.aca.2008.09.044 . Analysis of Caged Xanthones from the Resin of Garcinia hanburyi using Ultra-performance Liquid Chromatography/electrospray Ionization Quadrupole Time-of-flight Tandem Mass Spectrometry . Analytica Chimica Acta . 629 . 1–2 . 104–118 . 2008 . 18940327 .