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Diospyros lycioides

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID64401761c9847230579676
Scientific name Diospyros lycioides
Authority Desf.
First published in Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 6: 448 (1805)

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans bloubos

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Name Authority First published in
Diospyros lycioides subsp. guerkei (Kuntze) De Winter Bothalia 7: 458 (1961)
Diospyros lycioides subsp. lycioides Unknown
Diospyros lycioides subsp. nitens (Harv. ex Hiern) De Winter Bothalia 7: 458 (1961)
Diospyros lycioides subsp. sericea (Bernh.) De Winter Bothalia 7: 457 (1961)

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  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Caprivi Strip
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000649257
Tropicos 11500012
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322637-1
The Plant List kew-2770072
IUCN Red List 173959
IPNI 322637-1
iNaturalist 469308
GBIF 4070128
EPPO DOSLY
EOL 5238941
USDA GRIN 450272
Wikipedia Diospyros_lycioides

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Notes on Activity Tests and Constituents of two Supposed Medicinal Plants from South Africa, Englerophytum magalismontanum and Diospyros lycioides desf. subsp. sericea† Eckehard Volker Dehmlow, Teunis Van Ree, Jasmin Jakupovic, Elisabeth Take, Heinrich Ku¨nsting Jr Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 26-Jul-2002
doi:10.1039/A708239H
Namibian chewing stick, Diospyros lycioides, contains antibacterial compounds against oral pathogens. Cai L, Wei GX, van der Bijl P, Wu CD J Agric Food Chem 01-Mar-2000
doi:10.1021/JF9909914
PMID:10725172
Binaphthalenone glycosides from African chewing sticks, Diospyros lycioides. Li XC, van der Bijl P, Wu CD J Nat Prod 26-Jun-1998
doi:10.1021/NP970524L
PMID:9644074

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Naphthalenes / Naphthoquinones
7-Methyljuglone 26905 Click to see CC1=CC2=C(C(=O)C=CC2=O)C(=C1)O 188.18 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF9909914
Juglone 3806 Click to see 174.15 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF9909914
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Lup-20(29)-en-3-ol, (3beta)- 521518 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/A708239H
Lupeol 259846 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/A708239H
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Phenolic glycosides
5-[1,5-dihydroxy-3-methyl-8-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxynaphthalen-2-yl]-8-hydroxy-6-methylnaphthalene-1,4-dione 10628232 Click to see 670.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF9909914
5-[1,5-Dihydroxy-3-methyl-8-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxynaphthalen-2-yl]-8-hydroxy-6-methylnaphthalene-1,4-dione 85211523 Click to see CC1=CC2=C(C=CC(=C2C(=C1C3=C4C(=O)C=CC(=O)C4=C(C=C3C)O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)COC6C(C(C(CO6)O)O)O)O)O)O)O 670.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF9909914
6-[4,8-dihydroxy-2-methyl-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxynaphthalen-1-yl]-5-hydroxy-7-methylnaphthalene-1,4-dione 10580317 Click to see 670.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF9909914
6-[4,8-Dihydroxy-2-methyl-5-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxynaphthalen-1-yl]-5-hydroxy-7-methylnaphthalene-1,4-dione 85193515 Click to see 670.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF9909914
6,11,18-trihydroxy-3,20-dimethyl-16-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy-9-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy-12-oxapentacyclo[11.7.1.02,11.05,10.017,21]henicosa-1(20),2,5,7,9,13(21),14,16,18-nonaen-4-one 163186626 Click to see CC1=C2C3=C(C=CC(=C3C(=C1)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)COC5C(C(C(CO5)O)O)O)O)O)O)OC6(C2=C(C(=O)C7=C(C=CC(=C76)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)COC9C(C(C(CO9)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)C)O 980.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP970524L
6,11,18-trihydroxy-3,20-dimethyl-9-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-16-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy-12-oxapentacyclo[11.7.1.02,11.05,10.017,21]henicosa-1(20),2,5,7,9,13(21),14,16,18-nonaen-4-one 10350590 Click to see 848.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP970524L
8-hydroxy-2-methyl-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxynaphthalene-1,4-dione 10672935 Click to see CC1=CC(=O)C2=C(C=CC(=C2C1=O)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)COC4C(C(C(CO4)O)O)O)O)O)O 498.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF9909914
8-Hydroxy-2-methyl-5-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxynaphthalene-1,4-dione 85227524 Click to see CC1=CC(=O)C2=C(C=CC(=C2C1=O)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)COC4C(C(C(CO4)O)O)O)O)O)O 498.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF9909914
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Oligosaccharides
(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-(4,8-dihydroxy-6-methylnaphthalen-1-yl)oxy-6-[[(2S,3R,4R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxane-3,4,5-triol 101022412 Click to see CC1=CC2=C(C=CC(=C2C(=C1)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)COC4C(C(C(CO4)OC5C(C(C(CO5)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O 616.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF9909914
2-(4,8-Dihydroxy-6-methylnaphthalen-1-yl)oxy-6-[[3,4-dihydroxy-5-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxane-3,4,5-triol 162880812 Click to see 616.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF9909914

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