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Acokanthera oppositifolia

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Internal ID UUID643ff114f2ed3630539978
Scientific name Acokanthera oppositifolia
Authority (Lam.) Codd
First published in Bothalia 7: 448 (1961)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Pleiocarpa hockii De Wild. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 109 (1914)
Toxicophlaea cestroides A.DC. Prodr. 8: 336 (1844)
Toxicophlaea thunbergii Harv. London J. Bot. 1: 24 (1842)
Acokanthera longiflora Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 28 (1922)
Acokanthera rhodesica Merxm. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 6: 201 (1953)
Acokanthera venenata G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 485 (1838)
Garcinia sciura Spirl. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 29: 327 (1959)
Carissa longiflora (Stapf) G.H.M.Lawr. Baileya 7: 90 (1959)
Carissa oppositifolia (Lam.) Pichon Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 22: 109 (1952)

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans boesmansgif
Arabic ثبيرة متقابلة الأوراق
German buschmanns schöngift
Chinese 长药花
Chinese 对叶箭毒木
Chinese 對葉箭毒木

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000336130
Tropicos 1805083
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:76349-1
The Plant List kew-2165
Open Tree Of Life 46130
NCBI Taxonomy 141525
IUCN Red List 146204148
IPNI 76349-1
iNaturalist 430600
GBIF 3619546
Freebase /m/05dhbv
EPPO CISAK
EOL 2898416
USDA GRIN 102323
Wikipedia Acokanthera_oppositifolia

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Scientific Literature Top

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Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Medicinal plants as a source of antiparasitics: an overview of experimental studies Ranasinghe S, Armson A, Lymbery AJ, Zahedi A, Ash A Pathog Glob Health 20-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10392325
doi:10.1080/20477724.2023.2179454
PMID:36805662
Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT Plants (Basel) 23-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143319
doi:10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:35631812
Validation of a Plant Identification Application Using Digital Images of Toxic Plants Mahonski S, Furlano E, Chiang W J Med Toxicol 27-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8938528
doi:10.1007/s13181-022-00877-4
PMID:35084709
Medicinal Plants for Mitigating Pain and Inflammatory-Related Conditions: An Appraisal of Ethnobotanical Uses and Patterns in South Africa Aremu AO, Pendota SC Front Pharmacol 22-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8569556
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.758583
PMID:34744737
A Review of Ethnoveterinary Knowledge, Biological Activities and Secondary Metabolites of Medicinal Woody Plants Used for Managing Animal Health in South Africa Selogatwe KM, Asong JA, Struwig M, Ndou RV, Aremu AO Vet Sci 12-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8537377
doi:10.3390/vetsci8100228
PMID:34679058
A Review of Plant-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in Traditional Southern African Medicine Cock I, Mavuso N, Van Vuuren S Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 29-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8346297
doi:10.1155/2021/7341124
PMID:34367307
Natural and Historical Heritage of the Lisbon Botanical Gardens: An Integrative Approach with Tree Collections Cunha AR, Soares AL, Brilhante M, Arsénio P, Vasconcelos T, Espírito-Santo D, Duarte MC, Romeiras MM Plants (Basel) 04-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8309379
doi:10.3390/plants10071367
PMID:34371570
Indigenous knowledge to mitigate the challenges of ticks in goats: A systematic review Mkwanazi MV, Ndlela SZ, Chimonyo M Vet Anim Sci 04-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8281653
doi:10.1016/j.vas.2021.100190
PMID:34296043
The Cardenolide Glycoside Acovenoside A Interferes with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Trafficking in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells Hafner S, Schmiech M, Lang SJ Front Pharmacol 05-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8133365
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.611657
PMID:34025398
Wound Healing Effect of Acokanthera schimperi Schweinf (Apocynaceae) Methanol Leaf Extract Ointment in Mice and Its in-vitro Antioxidant Activity Alemu BK, Misganaw D, Mengistu G Clin Pharmacol 31-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7780988
doi:10.2147/CPAA.S288394
PMID:33408534
The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants in the treatment of viral respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations Cock IE, Van Vuuren SF J Ethnopharmacol 27-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7384428
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2020.113194
PMID:32730880
Fire severity effects on resprouting of subtropical dune thicket of the Cape Floristic Region Strydom T, Kraaij T, Difford M, Cowling RM PeerJ 10-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7293192
doi:10.7717/peerj.9240
PMID:32566395
Efficacy and Mechanism of Traditional Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds against Clinically Important Pathogens Mickymaray S Antibiotics (Basel) 09-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6963422
doi:10.3390/antibiotics8040257
PMID:31835403
Antifungal and anti-mycotoxigenic activity of selected South African medicinal plants species Dikhoba PM, Mongalo NI, Elgorashi EE, Makhafola TJ Heliyon 17-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC6806395
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02668
PMID:31692684

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Steroid lactones / Cardenolides and derivatives / Cardenolide glycosides and derivatives
3-[(1R,3R,5R,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-3-(3,5-dihydroxy-4-methoxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxy-1,14-dihydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-2H-furan-5-one 272417 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2CC3CCC4C(C3(C(C2)O)C)CCC5(C4(CCC5C6=CC(=O)OC6)O)C)O)OC)O 550.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.4102/SAJS.V105I7/8.120
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00600829
3-[(1R,3R,5R,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-3-[(2S,3S,4S,5S,6S)-3,5-dihydroxy-4-methoxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-1,14-dihydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-2H-furan-5-one 70684541 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2CC3CCC4C(C3(C(C2)O)C)CCC5(C4(CCC5C6=CC(=O)OC6)O)C)O)OC)O 550.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.4102/SAJS.V105I7/8.120
Ouabain 439501 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2CC(C3(C4C(CCC3(C2)O)C5(CCC(C5(CC4O)C)C6=CC(=O)OC6)O)CO)O)O)O)O 584.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.4102/SAJS.V105I7/8.120
Pharmakon1600-01500676 12420 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2CC(C3(C4C(CCC3(C2)O)C5(CCC(C5(CC4O)C)C6=CC(=O)OC6)O)CO)O)O)O)O 584.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.4102/SAJS.V105I7/8.120

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