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Internal ID UUID6440146087f08414795054
Scientific name Cucumis prophetarum
Authority L.
First published in Cent. Pl. I : 32 (1755)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cucumis amarus Stocks ex T.Anderson J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5(Suppl. 1): 19 (1860)
Cucumis arabicus Delile ex Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 11: 14. 1859
Cucumis foetidus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 156 (1796)
Cucumis mascatensis Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 28 (1918)
Cucumis rheedei Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 738 (1833)

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Language Common/alternative name
Amharic የምድር እምቧይ
Fulah gerlalhi
Malayalam പീരപ്പെട്ടിക്ക

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Cucumis prophetarum subsp. dissectus (Naudin) C.Jeffrey Kew Bull. 15: 351. 1962 (1962)

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Djibouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Socotra
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Western Asia
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Sinai

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000628971
USDA Plants CUPR2
Tropicos 9200833
INPN 967570
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292278-1
The Plant List kew-2747043
Open Tree Of Life 896238
NCBI Taxonomy 217627
IPNI 292278-1
iNaturalist 54917
GBIF 2874576
EPPO CUMPR
EOL 483976
USDA GRIN 12577
Wikipedia Cucumis_prophetarum

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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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Biosynthesis and assessment of antibacterial and antioxidant activities of silver nanoparticles utilizing Cassia occidentalis L. seed Arya A, Tyagi PK, Bhatnagar S, Bachheti RK, Bachheti A, Ghorbanpour M Sci Rep 27-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10973378
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-57823-3
PMID:38538702
Unravelling the Antimicrobial, Antibiofilm, Suppressing Fibronectin Binding Protein A (fnba) and cna Virulence Genes, Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Potential of Biosynthesized Solanum lycopersicum Silver Nanoparticles Mekky AE, Abdelaziz AE, Youssef FS, Elaskary SA, Shoun AA, Alwaleed EA, Gaber MA, Al-Askar AA, Alsamman AM, Yousef A, AbdElgayed G, Suef RA, Selim MA, Saied E, Khedr M Medicina (Kaunas) 21-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10972527
doi:10.3390/medicina60030515
PMID:38541241
The sustainable use of diverse plants accustomed by different ethnic groups in Sibi District, Balochistan, Pakistan Maria B, Saeed S, Ahmed A, Ahmed M, Rehman A PLoS One 21-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10880983
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0294989
PMID:38381718
Factors Affecting the Synthesis of Bovine Serum Albumin Nanoparticles Using the Desolvation Method Tanjung YP, Dewi MK, Gatera VA, Barliana MI, Joni IM, Chaerunisaa AY Nanotechnol Sci Appl 31-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10838516
doi:10.2147/NSA.S441324
PMID:38314401
Antibacterial and antioxidant potential analysis of Verbascum sinaiticum leaf extract and its synthesized silver nanoparticles Geyesa JM, Esho TB, Legesse BA, Wotango AS Heliyon 11-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10803913
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24215
PMID:38268826
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plant knowledge among three ethnic groups in peri-urban areas of south-central Ethiopia Tamene S, Negash M, Makonda FB, Chiwona-Karltun L, Kibret KS J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 23-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10668360
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00629-w
PMID:37996915
Green biosynthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles using Teak (Tectona grandis) leaf extract and its anticancer and antimicrobial activity Younis HM, Hussein HA, Khaphi FL, Saeed ZK Heliyon 04-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10663833
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21698
PMID:38027825
Phytochemicals reduced growth, sporulation and conidial dimensions of Fusarium verticillioides, cause of fumonisin contamination in maize grains Terefe H, Yitayih G, Mengesha GG Biotechnol Rep (Amst) 30-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10661154
doi:10.1016/j.btre.2023.e00819
PMID:38020724
Recent Advances in the Application of Cucurbitacins as Anticancer Agents Zieniuk B, Pawełkowicz M Metabolites 14-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10608718
doi:10.3390/metabo13101081
PMID:37887406
Antioxidant Potential of Ethiopian Medicinal Plants and Their Phytochemicals: A Review of Pharmacological Evaluation Nigussie G, Siyadatpanah A, Norouzi R, Debebe E, Alemayehu M, Dekebo A Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 12-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10586904
doi:10.1155/2023/1901529
PMID:37868204
Revisiting the Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles: Uncovering Influences of Plant Extracts as Reducing Agents for Enhanced Synthesis Efficiency and Its Biomedical Applications Singh H, Desimone MF, Pandya S, Jasani S, George N, Adnan M, Aldarhami A, Bazaid AS, Alderhami SA Int J Nanomedicine 18-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10444627
doi:10.2147/IJN.S419369
PMID:37621852
Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles for Targeted Cancer Therapy and Enhancing Photodynamic Therapy Kah G, Chandran R, Abrahamse H Cells 07-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10417642
doi:10.3390/cells12152012
PMID:37566091
Green synthesis, characterization and biological activities of silver nanoparticles synthesized from Neolamarkia cadamba Maheswari J, Anjum MR, Sankari M, Narasimha G, Krishna SB, Kishori B ADMET DMPK 01-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10626518
doi:10.5599/admet.1793
PMID:37937248
Phytochemical constituents, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of Plectocephalus varians (A. Rich.) C. Jeffrey ex Cufod root extracts Gashaye MB, Birhan YS BMC Complement Med Ther 28-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10148559
doi:10.1186/s12906-023-03919-8
PMID:37118732
Evaluation of Antibacterial and Anticancer Characteristics of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized from Plant Extracts of Wrightia tinctoria and Acacia chundra Jegadeeshwari A, Seelam NR, Myneni VR Int J Anal Chem 20-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10042639
doi:10.1155/2023/6352503
PMID:36992867

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Cucurbitacins
Cucurbitacin A 5281315 Click to see CC(=O)OC(C)(C)C=CC(=O)C(C)(C1C(CC2(C1(CC(=O)C3(C2CC=C4C3CC(C(=O)C4(C)C)O)CO)C)C)O)O 574.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1076/PHBI.40.2.154.5843
Cucurbitacin B 5281316 Click to see CC(=O)OC(C)(C)C=CC(=O)C(C)(C1C(CC2(C1(CC(=O)C3(C2CC=C4C3CC(C(=O)C4(C)C)O)C)C)C)O)O 558.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1076/PHBI.40.2.154.5843

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