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Aucuba japonica

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Internal ID UUID643feb08529b0275578142
Scientific name Aucuba japonica
Authority Thunb.
First published in Nov. Gen. Pl. 3: 61 (1783)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
Aucuba japonica is primarily cultivated as an ornamental shrub for landscaping and horticulture; no non-medicinal products are widely reported from the species.

Scientific/model-organism use:
Aucuba japonica has been selected as a model for dioecious plant research. Whole-genome sequencing has generated a reference genome assembly, facilitating studies of sex-chromosome evolution and comparative genomics in the Garryales.

Properties relevant to use:
Its utility in genetic research arises from the availability of a curated reference genome for this dioecious species, enabling sex-determination analyses and comparative analyses across eudicots.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Aucuba japonica var. variegata Dombrain Fl. Mag. (London) 5: t. 277. 1866
Aucuba japonica f. albopunctata Makino Makinoa 3: 53 1947
Aucuba japonica f. castaneopedicellata Makino J. Jap. Bot. 1: 18 1917
Aucuba japonica f. castaneoviridescens Makino J. Jap. Bot. 1: 18 1917
Aucuba japonica f. viridiflora Makino J. Jap. Bot. 1: 17 1917
Aucuba japonica var. latimaculata Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 96. 1867
Aucuba japonica var. maculata Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 96. 1867

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English gold dust plant
English spotted laurel
English japanese aucuba
English japanese laurel
Arabic أوكوبة يابانية
Belarusian Аўкуба японская
Czech aukuba japonská
Welsh coeden frech felen
Danish have-aucuba
Danish have-paletblad
Danish paletblad
Danish haveaucuba
German goldorange
German japanische goldorange
German japanische aukube
Basque ereinotz nabar
Basque ereinotz pikardatua
Persian شمشاد ژاپنی
Finnish kiiltopensas
Galician loureiro xaponés
Upper Sorbian japanska awkuba
Hungarian japán babérsom
Armenian Աուկուբա ճապոնական
Japanese アオキ
Korean 식나무
Norwegian Bokmål japanvinterpryd
Polish aukuba japońska
Russian Аукуба японская
Slovak aukuba japonská
Swedish aukuba
Chinese 東瀛珊瑚
Chinese 东瀛珊瑚
Chinese 青木

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Name Authority First published in
Aucuba japonica var. japonica Unknown
Aucuba japonica var. ovoidea Koidz. Fl. Austro-Higo. : 43 (1931)
Aucuba japonica var. borealis Miyabe & Kudô Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc. 5: 42 (1913)

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Asia-temperate
    • China
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
      • Nansei-shoto
      • Taiwan
  • Europe
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Germany
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Washington
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • North Carolina

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000297052
USDA Plants AUJA
Tropicos 8700012
INPN 85174
Flora of Italy 8407
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:271451-1
The Plant List kew-17884
Missouri Botanical Garden 279330
PFAF Aucuba japonica
Open Tree Of Life 847168
Observations.org 129654
NCBI Taxonomy 16901
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000034210
IPNI 271451-1
iNaturalist 56206
GBIF 3033077
Freebase /m/04lg27p
EPPO AUCJA
EOL 592788
Elurikkus 353365
USDA GRIN 6077
Wikipedia Aucuba_japonica
Plantarium 6077

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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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)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Unraveling the Connection: Pain and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Kawanaka R, Jin H, Aoe T Int J Mol Sci 03-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11084550
doi:10.3390/ijms25094995
PMID:38732214
Development of a TaqMan Real-Time PCR for Early and Accurate Detection of Anthracnose Pathogen Colletotrichum siamense in Pachira glabra Gu J, Wang H, Huang X, Liao L, Xie H, Peng X Plants (Basel) 20-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11054339
doi:10.3390/plants13081149
PMID:38674558
Neuroprotective Effects of Aucubin against Cerebral Ischemia and Ischemia Injury through the Inhibition of the TLR4/NF-κB Inflammatory Signaling Pathway in Gerbils Park JH, Lee TK, Kim DW, Ahn JH, Shin MC, Cho JH, Won MH, Kang IJ Int J Mol Sci 19-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10970631
doi:10.3390/ijms25063461
PMID:38542434
Worldwide forest surveys reveal forty-three new species in Phytophthora major Clade 2 with fundamental implications for the evolution and biogeography of the genus and global plant biosecurity Jung T, Milenković I, Balci Y, Janoušek J, Kudláček T, Nagy ZÁ, Baharuddin B, Bakonyi J, Broders KD, Cacciola SO, Chang TT, Chi NM, Corcobado T, Cravador A, Đorđević B, Durán A, Ferreira M, Fu CH, Garcia L, Hieno A, Ho HH, Hong C, Junaid M, Kageyama K, Kuswinanti T, Maia C, Májek T, Masuya H, Magnano di San Lio G, Mendieta-Araica B, Nasri N, Oliveira LS, Pane A, Pérez-Sierra A, Rosmana A, Sanfuentes von Stowasser E, Scanu B, Singh R, Stanivuković Z, Tarigan M, Thu PQ, Tomić Z, Tomšovský M, Uematsu S, Webber JF, Zeng HC, Zheng FC, Brasier CM, Horta Jung M Stud Mycol 27-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC11003442
doi:10.3114/sim.2024.107.04
PMID:38600961
Natural products in osteoarthritis treatment: bridging basic research to clinical applications Fang S, Zhang B, Xiang W, Zheng L, Wang X, Li S, Zhang T, Feng D, Gong Y, Wu J, Yuan J, Wu Y, Zhu Y, Liu E, Ni Z Chin Med 15-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10870578
doi:10.1186/s13020-024-00899-w
PMID:38360724
Analysis of winter diet in Guizhou golden monkey (Rhinopithecus brelichi) using DNA metabarcoding data Zhang X, Zhong H, Ran J, Luo J, Chen M, Li H, Wang Y, Cheng S, Yan Y, Huang X Ecol Evol 01-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10834204
doi:10.1002/ece3.10893
PMID:38314313
First Report of Colletotrichum fructicola, C. rhizophorae sp. nov. and C. thailandica sp. nov. on Mangrove in Thailand Norphanphoun C, Hyde KD Pathogens 10-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10747506
doi:10.3390/pathogens12121436
PMID:38133319
Biomechanics of cutting: sharpness, wear sensitivity and the scaling of cutting forces in leaf-cutter ant mandibles Püffel F, Walthaus OK, Kang V, Labonte D Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 16-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10577030
doi:10.1098/rstb.2022.0547
PMID:37839449
Identification of Colletotrichum aenigma as the new causal agent of leaf blight disease on Aucuba japonica Thunb., and screenings of effective fungicides for its sustainable management Fan R, Liu Y, Bin Y, Huang J, Yi B, Tang X, Li Y, Cai Y, Yang Z, Yang M, Song J, Pan Q, Liu Z, Ghani MI, Hu X, Chen X Front Microbiol 24-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10483284
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1222844
PMID:37692385
Adaptation to pollination by fungus gnats underlies the evolution of pollination syndrome in the genus Euonymus Mochizuki K, Okamoto T, Chen KH, Wang CN, Evans M, Kramer AT, Kawakita A Ann Bot 23-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10583214
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad081
PMID:37610846
Hydropodia silvae-nipponicae (Porotheleaceae), a new species from evergreen broad-leaved forests in Japan Kasuya T, Kaneko R, Takehashi S, Hosaka K Mycoscience 31-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10594060
doi:10.47371/mycosci.2023.06.002
PMID:37881529
Two Species Delimitation of Pseudaulacaspis (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) Based on Morphology, Molecular Clustering, and Niche Differentiation Lu Y, Deng S, Niu M, Li H, Zhao Q, Zhang H, Wei J Insects 25-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10456064
doi:10.3390/insects14080666
PMID:37623377
Genetic differentiation and evolution of broad-leaved evergreen shrub and tree varieties of Daphniphyllum macropodum (Daphniphyllaceae) Yoichi W, Matsuzawa S, Tamaki I, Nagano AJ, Oh SH Heredity (Edinb) 17-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10462706
doi:10.1038/s41437-023-00637-2
PMID:37460735
Emerging Plant Intoxications in Domestic Animals: A European Perspective Nagy AL, Ardelean S, Chapuis RJ, Bouillon J, Pivariu D, Dreanca AI, Caloni F Toxins (Basel) 04-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10467095
doi:10.3390/toxins15070442
PMID:37505711
Four new species of Phyllosticta from China based on morphological and phylogenetic characterization Sui XN, Guo MJ, Zhou H, Hou CL Mycology 04-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10424619
doi:10.1080/21501203.2023.2225552
PMID:37583457

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Benzoic acid esters
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 8343 Click to see 390.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/BPB.17.665
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acid esters / Fatty acid methyl esters
Methyl Palmitate 8181 Click to see 270.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/BPB.17.665
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Long-chain fatty acids
Palmitic Acid 985 Click to see 256.42 unknown https://doi.org/10.1271/BBB.64.875
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids / Acyclic diterpenoids
Phytol 5280435 Click to see CC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(=CCO)C 296.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/BPB.17.665
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Iridoids and derivatives
2-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-3,4-bis(hydroxymethyl)cyclopent-3-en-1-ol 53462571 Click to see 188.22 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80480-X
Aucubigenin 163040 Click to see 184.19 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81711-2
Eucommiol 154373 Click to see 188.22 unknown https://doi.org/10.3136/FSTR.5.181
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80480-X
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
6,10,14-Trimethylpentadecan-2-one 10408 Click to see CC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(=O)C 268.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/BPB.17.665
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides
2-[2-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-3,4-bis(hydroxymethyl)cyclopent-3-en-1-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol 74029698 Click to see C1C(C(C(=C1CO)CO)CCO)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O 350.36 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80480-X
eucommioside II 6325167 Click to see 350.36 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80480-X
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Iridoid O-glycosides
(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(1S,4aS,5S,7aR)-5-hydroxy-7-(hydroxymethyl)-1,4a,5,7a-tetrahydrocyclopenta[c]pyran-1-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol 7160346 Click to see 346.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80480-X
Aucubin 91458 Click to see C1=COC(C2C1C(C=C2CO)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O 346.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80480-X
https://doi.org/10.3109/00099308409035083
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02164691
https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2019.104443
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81711-2
https://doi.org/10.3109/01480548309014166
Rhinanthin 348157 Click to see 346.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80480-X
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02164691
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Friedelin 91472 Click to see 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/BPB.17.665
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / O-glycosyl compounds
(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(1S,2S,4R,5R,6R,10S)-5-hydroxy-3,9-dioxatricyclo[4.4.0.02,4]dec-7-en-10-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol 162906890 Click to see 332.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80480-X
2-[(5-Hydroxy-3,9-dioxatricyclo[4.4.0.02,4]dec-7-en-10-yl)oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol 12444598 Click to see 332.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80480-X

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