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Embelia keniensis

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID6440198a1b510997442552
Scientific name Embelia keniensis
Authority R.E.Fr.
First published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 96 (1927)

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Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
Ripe fruits of Embelia keniensis are used in East Africa (notably Kenya) to clarify fermented honey beer; crushed fruits are added to the mash or wort to remove haze and improve clarity of the product.

Colorants and tanning:
No documented non-medicinal colorant or tanning uses specific to E. keniensis.

Properties relevant to use:
Fruit extracts contain embelin and related benzoquinones and tannins that, via protein precipitation and flocculation, facilitate haze removal in fermenting beverages.

Standards and regulation:
No plant-specific standards or regulatory frameworks identified for E. keniensis as a beverage clarifier.

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000666881
Tropicos 22001741
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:588372-1
The Plant List kew-2788101
Open Tree Of Life 6052044
IUCN Red List 200612
IPNI 588372-1
iNaturalist 438649
GBIF 3720469
EOL 5501414

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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
Flavonol Glycosides from the Leaves of<i>Embelia Keniensis</i> Lawrence O. Arot Manguro, Ivar Ugi, Peter Lemmen Wiley 01-May-2015
doi:10.1002/JCCS.200500029
Phenolic compounds from Forsythia leaves Shizuka Kitagawa, Sueo Hisada, Sansei Nishibe Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)83456-1
Phenolic compounds from Embelia keniensis leaves. Manguro LO, Williams LA Planta Med 01-Aug-1996
doi:10.1055/S-2006-957919
PMID:17252478

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / O-glycosyl compounds
2-[2-[3,4-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxyprop-1-enyl]-3-(1-hydroxyethenyl)-6-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)pyran-4-one 162849081 Click to see CC(=CC1=C(C(=O)C=C(O1)C2=CC(=C(C(=C2)O)O)O)C(=C)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O 642.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JCCS.200500029
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzopyrans / 1-benzopyrans / 2,2-dimethyl-1-benzopyrans
De-O-methylacetovanillochromene 11106833 Click to see 218.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957919
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Hydroxycoumarins / 7-hydroxycoumarins
Scopoletin 5280460 Click to see 192.17 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)83456-1
https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957919
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols
Myricetin 5281672 Click to see C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O 318.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)83456-1
https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957919
Quercetin 5280343 Click to see 302.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957919
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)83456-1
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one 40486293 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=C(OC3=CC(=CC(=C3C2=O)O)O)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)O)O)O)O 448.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957919
2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyran-3-yl 6-deoxyhexopyranoside 5353915 Click to see 448.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957919
3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)chromen-4-one 162929714 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(OC(C2O)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C(=C5)O)O)O)CO)O)O)O)O 626.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JCCS.200500029
3-[3,5-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)chromen-4-one 162929713 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(OC(C2O)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C(=C5)O)O)O)CO)O)O)O)O 626.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JCCS.200500029
Myricetin 3-beta-D-glucopyranoside 12311099 Click to see C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O 480.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957919
myricetin 3-O-alpha-D-glucopyranoside 10299455 Click to see 480.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957919
myricetin 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside 5318606 Click to see C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O 480.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)83456-1
Quercitrin 5280459 Click to see 448.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)83456-1
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
2-[3,5-dimethoxy-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]-5-hydroxy-7-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one 162847991 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=C(OC3=CC(=CC(=C3C2=O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C(=C5)OC)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)OC)O)O)O 816.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JCCS.200500029
2-[3,5-Dimethoxy-4-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]-5-hydroxy-7-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxychromen-4-one 162847990 Click to see 816.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JCCS.200500029
3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-7-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6S)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-methyl-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-2-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)chromen-4-one 162999510 Click to see 950.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JCCS.200500029
3-[4,5-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-7-[3,4-dihydroxy-6-methyl-5-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-2-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)chromen-4-one 162999509 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=CC(=C3C(=C2)OC(=C(C3=O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C6=CC(=C(C(=C6)O)O)O)O)O)O)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)O 950.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JCCS.200500029
5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-7-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one 162916811 Click to see 654.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JCCS.200500029
5-Hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-7-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxychromen-4-one 162916810 Click to see 654.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JCCS.200500029
7-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,5-dihydroxychromen-4-one 162997102 Click to see 626.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JCCS.200500029
7-[3,4-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,5-dihydroxychromen-4-one 13503956 Click to see 626.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JCCS.200500029
7-[3,4-Dihydroxy-6-methyl-5-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-3,5-dihydroxy-2-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)chromen-4-one 163060819 Click to see 626.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JCCS.200500029

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