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Internal ID UUID643ff976bd6da171615990
Scientific name Trichodesma africanum
Authority (L.) Sm.
First published in Cycl. 36: n.º 2 (1817)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Pollichia africana (L.) Medik. Bot. Beobacht. (1783) 248.
Trichodesma giganteum Quézel Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 48: 96 (1957)
Trichodesma fruticosum Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 39: 136 (1949)
Trichodesma gracile Batt. & Trab. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58: 627 (1911 publ. 1912)
Boraginella africana Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 435 (1891)
Borago africana L. Sp. Pl. : 138 (1753)
Borago verrucosa Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 41 (1775)
Borraginoides aculeata Moench Methodus : 516 (1794)
Borraginoides africana Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. (Hiern) 1(3): 721. 1898
Friedrichsthalia schimperi Bunge Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1843: vii (1843)
Trichodesma africanum (L.) Lehm. Pl. Fam. Asperif. 195. 1818

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic حمية
Arabic جَثْجَاث أو جَثْياث، كحة
Arabic شوك الضبع
Arabic رَعْراع

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- Native
  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Cape Verde
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Western Sahara
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Namibia
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Ghana
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Iran
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Sinai

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000410966
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:121223-1
The Plant List kew-2437794
Open Tree Of Life 135856
Observations.org 418526
NCBI Taxonomy 379304
IPNI 121223-1
iNaturalist 85370
iNaturalist 496025
GBIF 5661084
EPPO TRHAF
Elurikkus 597132

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Current State of Knowledge Regarding WHO High Priority Pathogens—Resistance Mechanisms and Proposed Solutions through Candidates Such as Essential Oils: A Systematic Review Romanescu M, Oprean C, Lombrea A, Badescu B, Teodor A, Constantin GD, Andor M, Folescu R, Muntean D, Danciu C, Dalleur O, Batrina SL, Cretu O, Buda VO Int J Mol Sci 04-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10253476
doi:10.3390/ijms24119727
PMID:37298678
Distinguishing features of Lycium L. species (family Solanaceae) distributed in Egypt based on their anatomical, metabolic, molecular, and ecological characteristics Ragab OG, Mamdouh D, Bedair R, Smetanska I, Gruda NS, Yousif SK, Omer RM, Althobaiti AT, Abd El-Raouf HS, El-Taher AM, El-Sayed AS, Eldemerdash MM Front Plant Sci 12-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10213676
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1162695
PMID:37251766
DNA Barcoding of Wild Plants with Potential Medicinal Properties from Faifa Mountains in Saudi Arabia Safhi FA, Alshamrani SM, Bogmaza AF, El-Moneim DA Genes (Basel) 12-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9957057
doi:10.3390/genes14020469
PMID:36833396
The ethnomedicinal evidences pertaining to traditional medicinal herbs used in the treatment of respiratory illnesses and disorders in Saudi Arabia: A review Ghaleb Dailah H Saudi J Biol Sci 22-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9344334
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.103386
PMID:35928928
Extracts of wild Egyptian plants from the desert inhibit the growth of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in vitro ABDOU AM, SEDDEK AL, ABDELMAGEED N, BADRY MO, NISHIKAWA Y J Vet Med Sci 06-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9353089
doi:10.1292/jvms.22-0159
PMID:35661076
Wild Egyptian medicinal plants show in vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity and antimalarial activities Abdou AM, Seddek AL, Abdelmageed N, Badry MO, Nishikawa Y BMC Complement Med Ther 12-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9101831
doi:10.1186/s12906-022-03566-5
PMID:35550108
The Essential Oil-Bearing Plants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE): An Overview Shahin SM, Jaleel A, Alyafei MA Molecules 27-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8587291
doi:10.3390/molecules26216486
PMID:34770890
Impacts of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Vegetation Dynamics: A Case Study of Wadi Hagul, Eastern Desert, Egypt Bedair R, Ibrahim AA, Alyamani AA, Aloufi S, Ramadan S Plants (Basel) 14-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8466335
doi:10.3390/plants10091906
PMID:34579436
Ecology of inland sand dunes “nafuds” as a hyper-arid habitat, Saudi Arabia: Floristic and plant associations diversity El-Sheikh MA, Thomas J, Arif IA, El-Sheikh HM Saudi J Biol Sci 08-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7938194
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.12.002
PMID:33732034
Epidemiological investigations on Trypanosoma evansi infection in dromedary camels in the South of Algeria Boushaki D, Adel A, Dia ML, Büscher P, Madani H, Brihoum BA, Sadaoui H, Bouayed N, Kechemir Issad N Heliyon 20-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6656995
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02086
PMID:31372547
Ecological significance of floristic composition and life forms of Riyadh region, Central Saudi Arabia Al Shaye NA, Masrahi YS, Thomas J Saudi J Biol Sci 17-Apr-2019
PMCID:PMC6933222
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2019.04.009
PMID:31889814
Traditional medicinal plants used for respiratory disorders in Pakistan: a review of the ethno-medicinal and pharmacological evidence Alamgeer, Younis W, Asif H, Sharif A, Riaz H, Bukhari IA, Assiri AM Chin Med 18-Sep-2018
PMCID:PMC6145130
doi:10.1186/s13020-018-0204-y
PMID:30250499
The wild taxa utilized as vegetables in Sicily (Italy): a traditional component of the Mediterranean diet Geraci A, Amato F, Di Noto G, Bazan G, Schicchi R J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 14-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5813353
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0215-x
PMID:29444678
Mineralized trichomes in Boraginales: complex microscale heterogeneity and simple phylogenetic patterns Mustafa A, Ensikat HJ, Weigend M Ann Bot 06-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5853025
doi:10.1093/aob/mcx191
PMID:29325008
Investigation the efficiency of various methods of volatile oil extraction from Trichodesma africanum and their impact on the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities Jaradat NA, Zaid AN, Abuzant A, Shawahna R J Intercult Ethnopharmacol 04-May-2016
PMCID:PMC4927130
doi:10.5455/jice.20160421065949
PMID:27366351

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives
[(7S,8R)-7-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3H-pyrrolizin-1-yl]methyl (2S)-2,3-dihydroxy-2-[(1S)-1-methoxyethyl]-3-methylbutanoate 134715015 Click to see CC(C(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1C(CC2)O)(C(C)(C)O)O)OC 329.39 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50006A005
CID 98222 98222 Click to see CC(C(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1C(CC2)O)(C(C)(C)O)O)OC 329.39 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50006A005
Intermedine, (+)- 114843 Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1C(CC2)O)O 299.36 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50006A005
Lycopsamine 107938 Click to see CC(C)C(C(C)O)(C(=O)OCC1=CCN2C1C(CC2)O)O 299.36 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(98)00028-3
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,12aS,14bS)-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid 24760056 Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCCC5(C)C)C)C)C2C1)C)C(=O)O)C 440.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50026A001
Beta-Amyrin 73145 Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C)C 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50026A001
Oleanolic Acid 10494 Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C(=O)O)C 456.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50026A001
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Pyrrolizines
Trichodesmine 119040 Click to see CC(C)C1C(=O)OC2CCN3C2C(=CC3)COC(=O)C(C1(C)O)(C)O 353.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50026A001

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