Polygala chinensis - Unknown
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Internal ID UUID6440554e997ea735688958
Scientific name Polygala chinensis
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 704 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Polygala thwaitesii Hassk. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 169 (1864)
Polygala socotrana Chodat Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 236 (1896)
Polygala sinensis J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis] : 1082 (1792)
Polygala varians Mart. Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 1(1): 184 (1815)
Polygala tranquebarica Mart. Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 1(1): 186 (1815)
Polygala toxoptera Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(II): 348 (1854)
Polygala procumbens Roth Nov. Pl. Sp. : 329 (1821)
Polygala glomerata Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 426 (1790)
Polygala densiflora Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 59 (1825)
Polygala warburgii Chodat ex Warb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 13: 346 (1891)

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Language Common/alternative name
English polygala glomerata
su maléla
Chinese 華南遠志

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Polygala chinensis var. pygmaea (C.Y.Wu & S.K.Chen) S.K.Chen & J.Parn. Fl. China 11: 155. 2008 [18 Apr 2008]
Polygala chinensis var. villosa (C.Y.Wu & S.K.Chen) S.K.Chen & J.Parn. Fl. China 11: 155 (2008)

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Legend for the distribution data:
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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • China
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Hainan
    • Eastern Asia
      • Nansei-shoto
      • Taiwan
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Pakistan
      • Sri Lanka
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Cambodia
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Borneo
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Malaya
      • Philippines
      • Sumatera
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
      • Solomon Islands

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001240219
Tropicos 50106551
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:691242-1
The Plant List tro-50106551
Open Tree Of Life 5748631
NCBI Taxonomy 1797131
IPNI 691242-1
GBIF 7293323
EOL 2888592
USDA GRIN 418441
CMAUP NPO23251

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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
Ethnobotany and phytochemistry of plants used to treat musculoskeletal disorders among Skaw Karen, Thailand Kantasrila R, Pandith H, Balslev H, Wangpakapattanawong P, Panyadee P, Inta A Pharm Biol 22-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10763916
doi:10.1080/13880209.2023.2292261
PMID:38131672
Hearty recipes for health: the Hakka medicinal soup in Guangdong, China Ding M, Shi S, Luo B J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8787035
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00502-2
PMID:35078485
Inventorization of traditional ethnobotanical uses of wild plants of Dawarian and Ratti Gali areas of District Neelum, Azad Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan Ajaib M, Ishtiaq M, Bhatti KH, Hussain I, Maqbool M, Hussain T, Mushtaq W, Ghani A, Azeem M, Khan SM, Thind S, Bashir R PLoS One 29-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8321310
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0255010
PMID:34324561
Medicinal Plants for Treating Musculoskeletal Disorders among Karen in Thailand Kantasrila R, Pandith H, Balslev H, Wangpakapattanawong P, Panyadee P, Inta A Plants (Basel) 28-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7412036
doi:10.3390/plants9070811
PMID:32605228
Complementary and Alternative Medicine-related Drug-induced Liver Injury in Asia Philips CA, Augustine P, Rajesh S, Y PK, Madhu D J Clin Transl Hepatol 02-Sep-2019
PMCID:PMC6783675
doi:10.14218/JCTH.2019.00024
PMID:31608219
Documentation of ethnomedicinal information and antimicrobial validation of Thespesia populnea used by Yanadi tribe of Ganugapenta village, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, India Savithramma N, Yugandhar P, Devi PS, Ankanna S, Suhrulatha D, Prasad KS, Ranjani R, Nagaraju N, Chetty KM J Intercult Ethnopharmacol 11-Apr-2017
PMCID:PMC5429075
doi:10.5455/jice.20170330010555
PMID:28512597
Herbal and Dietary Supplement Induced Liver Injury de Boer YS, Sherker AH Clin Liver Dis 14-Oct-2016
PMCID:PMC5117680
doi:10.1016/j.cld.2016.08.010
PMID:27842768
Ethnoveterinary medicine of the Shervaroy Hills of Eastern Ghats, India as alternative medicine for animals Usha S, Rajasekaran C, Siva R J Tradit Complement Med 30-Jan-2015
PMCID:PMC4737946
doi:10.1016/j.jtcme.2014.11.013
PMID:26870689
Kaempferia parviflora, a plant used in traditional medicine to enhance sexual performance contains large amounts of low affinity PDE5 inhibitors Temkitthawon P, Hinds TR, Beavo JA, Viyoch J, Suwanborirux K, Pongamornkul W, Sawasdee P, Ingkaninan K J Ethnopharmacol 30-Aug-2011
PMCID:PMC4056445
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2011.08.025
PMID:21884777
Structure of chinensin: A new lignan lactone from Polygala chinensis Shibnath Ghosal, Ramaballav P.S. Chauhan, Radhey S. Srivastava Elsevier BV 26-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/0031-9422(74)85040-5

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Arylnaphthalene lignans
9-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-5-hydroxy-6H-[2]benzofuro[5,6-f][1,3]benzodioxol-8-one 332529 Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C2=C3C(=C(C4=CC5=C(C=C42)OCO5)O)COC3=O)OC 380.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(74)85040-5
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Long-chain fatty acids
Oleic Acid 445639 Click to see CCCCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O 282.50 unknown via CMAUP database
Palmitic Acid 985 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O 256.42 unknown via CMAUP database
Stearic Acid 5281 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O 284.50 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Lineolic acids and derivatives
7-Keto-11c-octadecenoic acid 14861231 Click to see CCCCCCC=CCCCC(=O)CCCCCC(=O)O 296.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Linoleic Acid 5280450 Click to see CCCCCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O 280.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Sugar alcohols
Mannitol 6251 Click to see C(C(C(C(C(CO)O)O)O)O)O 182.17 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Naphthofurans / Furanonaphthodioxoles
4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-8H-[2]benzofuro[5,6-f][1,3]benzodioxol-6-one 163093282 Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C2=C3C(=CC4=CC5=C(C=C42)C(=O)OC5)OCO3)OC 364.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(74)85040-5
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 8-O-methylated flavonoids
4'-Hydroxywogonin 5322078 Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C2=C1OC(=CC2=O)C3=CC=C(C=C3)O)O)O 300.26 unknown via CMAUP database
5,7-Dihydroxy-8,3',4'-trimethoxyflavone 5316844 Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(O2)C(=C(C=C3O)O)OC)OC 344.30 unknown via CMAUP database
Gardenin A 261859 Click to see COC1=CC(=CC(=C1OC)OC)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C(=C(C(=C3O2)OC)OC)OC)O 418.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Gardenin B 96539 Click to see COC1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C(=C(C(=C3O2)OC)OC)OC)O 358.30 unknown via CMAUP database
Gardenin C 3084507 Click to see COC1=CC(=CC(=C1OC)O)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C(=C(C(=C3O2)OC)OC)OC)O 404.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Gardenin D 3080750 Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C(=C(C(=C3O2)OC)OC)OC)O)O 374.30 unknown via CMAUP database
Gardenin E 3084508 Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1O)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C(=C(C(=C3O2)OC)OC)OC)O)O 390.30 unknown via CMAUP database

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