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Internal ID UUID64400d942c5e3184957658
Scientific name Boscia salicifolia
Authority Oliv.
First published in Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 93 (1868)

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Boscia powellii Sprague & M.L.Green Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 178 (1913)
Boscia stylosa Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 209 (1915)

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Language Common/alternative name
Bambara berecɛ

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Namibia
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Ivory Coast
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000569565
Tropicos 5900535
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:146140-1
The Plant List kew-2680357
Open Tree Of Life 5232997
NCBI Taxonomy 1237403
IUCN Red List 146187866
IPNI 146140-1
iNaturalist 340259
GBIF 5602398
EPPO BSCSA
EOL 5162846
Wikipedia Boscia_salicifolia

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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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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Potential of medicinal plants as antimalarial agents: a review of work done at Kenya Medical Research Institute Irungu B, Okari E, Nyangi M, Njeru S, Koech L Front Pharmacol 20-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10623325
doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1268924
PMID:37927601
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT Plants (Basel) 23-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143319
doi:10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:35631812
Traditional medicinal plants used for treating emerging and re-emerging viral diseases in northern Nigeria Abubakar IB, Kankara SS, Malami I, Danjuma JB, Muhammad YZ, Yahaya H, Singh D, Usman UJ, Ukwuani-Kwaja AN, Muhammad A, Ahmed SJ, Folami SO, Falana MB, Nurudeen QO Eur J Integr Med 27-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC9760313
doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2021.102094
PMID:36573184
A Review on Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Headache in Africa Frimpong EK, Asong JA, Aremu AO Plants (Basel) 28-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8539318
doi:10.3390/plants10102038
PMID:34685845
Ethnobotanical Documentation, Phytochemical Screening, and Cytotoxicity Evaluation of Medicinal Plants Used to Manage Snakebite Envenomation in Mwingi West Subcounty, Kenya Mokua SK, Mbaria JM, Maitho TE, Moriasi GA Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 27-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8490041
doi:10.1155/2021/4167296
PMID:34616476
Antiplasmodial, antimalarial activities and toxicity of African medicinal plants: a systematic review of literature Tajbakhsh E, Kwenti TE, Kheyri P, Nezaratizade S, Lindsay DS, Khamesipour F Malar J 25-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8390284
doi:10.1186/s12936-021-03866-0
PMID:34433465
Antimalarial Plants Used across Kenyan Communities Omara T Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 12-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7306085
doi:10.1155/2020/4538602
PMID:32617107
The Use of Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Toothache in Ethiopia Megersa M, Jima TT, Goro KK Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 20-Aug-2019
PMCID:PMC6721409
doi:10.1155/2019/2645174
PMID:31531110
Review of Ethnomedicinal, Phytochemical and Pharmacological Properties of Lannea schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl. Maroyi A Molecules 18-Feb-2019
PMCID:PMC6412302
doi:10.3390/molecules24040732
PMID:30781661
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used against human ailments in Gubalafto District, Northern Ethiopia Chekole G J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 04-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5628421
doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0182-7
PMID:28978342
Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used in the Management of HIV/AIDS-Related Diseases in Livingstone, Southern Province, Zambia Chinsembu KC Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 16-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4812351
doi:10.1155/2016/4238625
PMID:27069489
Study of plants traditionally used in public and animal health management in Seharti Samre District, Southern Tigray, Ethiopia Araya S, Abera B, Giday M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Mar-2015
PMCID:PMC4371875
doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0015-5
PMID:25889411
An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in Kilte Awulaelo District, Tigray Region of Ethiopia Teklay A, Abera B, Giday M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 08-Sep-2013
PMCID:PMC3852788
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-65
PMID:24011232
Ethnopharmacological Survey of Plants Used in the Traditional Treatment of Gastrointestinal Pain, Inflammation and Diarrhea in Africa: Future Perspectives for Integration into Modern Medicine Stark TD, Mtui DJ, Balemba OB Animals (Basel) 04-Mar-2013
PMCID:PMC4495512
doi:10.3390/ani3010158
PMID:26487315

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
(+)-Boscialin 10846879 Click to see CC1CC(CC(C1(C=CC(=O)C)O)(C)C)O 226.31 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19900730305
4-(1,4-Dihydroxy-2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl)but-3-en-2-one 72732886 Click to see CC1CC(CC(C1(C=CC(=O)C)O)(C)C)O 226.31 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19900730305
Boscialin 6442487 Click to see CC1CC(CC(C1(C=CC(=O)C)O)(C)C)O 226.31 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19900730305
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides
(E)-4-[(1R,4R,6S)-1-hydroxy-2,2,6-trimethyl-4-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxycyclohexyl]but-3-en-2-one 14564105 Click to see CC1CC(CC(C1(C=CC(=O)C)O)(C)C)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O 388.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19900730305
4-[1-Hydroxy-2,2,6-trimethyl-4-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxycyclohexyl]but-3-en-2-one 73798816 Click to see CC1CC(CC(C1(C=CC(=O)C)O)(C)C)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O 388.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19900730305
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / O-glycosyl compounds
Sucrose 5988 Click to see C(C1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)CO)O)O)O)O 342.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(90)90067-4
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-5-hydroxy-7-methoxy-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one 14704553 Click to see COC1=CC(=C2C(=C1)OC(=C(C2=O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)O)O 478.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85188-L
3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3S,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-methoxychromen-4-one 162922660 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(C(OC2OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)OC)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)CO)O)O)O)O)O 608.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85188-L
3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5-hydroxy-7-methoxychromen-4-one 11882162 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(C(OC2OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)OC)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)O)CO)O)O)O)O)O 624.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85188-L
3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-methoxychromen-4-one 102060264 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(C(OC2OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)OC)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)CO)O)O)O)O)O 608.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85188-L
3-[4,5-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5-hydroxy-7-methoxychromen-4-one 6300394 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(C(OC2OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)OC)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)O)CO)O)O)O)O)O 624.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85188-L
4H-1-Benzopyran-4-one, 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-5-hydroxy-7-methoxy- 122361335 Click to see COC1=CC2=C(C=C1)C(=O)C(=C(O2)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O 462.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85188-L
Rhamnetin 3-O-|A-D-glucopyranoside 14704554 Click to see COC1=CC(=C2C(=C1)OC(=C(C2=O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)O)O 478.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85188-L

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