TY - JOUR
T1 - The ethnobotany and chemistry of the genus Clivia (Amaryllidaceae)
AU - Crouch, N. R.
AU - Mulholland, D. A.
AU - Pohl, T. L.
AU - Ndlovu, E.
AU - van Wyk, B. E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2003 SAAB
PY - 2003/7
Y1 - 2003/7
N2 - The herbaceous genus Clivia Lindl. (Amaryllidaceae) comprises four species, all of which are employed in traditional medicine. Two lesser-known ethnomedicinal members, C. gardenii Hook. and C. caulescens R.A.Dyer are phytochemically characterised, revealing a variety of isoquinoline alkaloids. Hippeastrine, haemanthamine, (11S)-11-hydroxyvittatine, lycorine and sterbergine were isolated from C. caulescens, and haemanthamine, haemanthidine in its free base and quaternary salt form, and the quaternary salt of tazettine from C. gardenii. The traditional use of the genus Clivia in southern Africa is overviewed.
AB - The herbaceous genus Clivia Lindl. (Amaryllidaceae) comprises four species, all of which are employed in traditional medicine. Two lesser-known ethnomedicinal members, C. gardenii Hook. and C. caulescens R.A.Dyer are phytochemically characterised, revealing a variety of isoquinoline alkaloids. Hippeastrine, haemanthamine, (11S)-11-hydroxyvittatine, lycorine and sterbergine were isolated from C. caulescens, and haemanthamine, haemanthidine in its free base and quaternary salt form, and the quaternary salt of tazettine from C. gardenii. The traditional use of the genus Clivia in southern Africa is overviewed.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30336-7
DO - 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30336-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85007467850
SN - 0254-6299
VL - 69
SP - 144
EP - 147
JO - South African Journal of Botany
JF - South African Journal of Botany
IS - 2
ER -