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Leptopetalum biflorum

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Internal ID UUID644061ca16188785278159
Scientific name Leptopetalum biflorum
Authority (L.) Neupane & N.Wikstr.
First published in Taxon 64: 317 (2015)

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It has small, oval-shaped leaves and produces white or pink flowers with four petals. It is commonly found in moist, shady areas such as forests and stream banks.

Leptopetalum biflorum, also known as Hedyotis biflora, is a type of flowering plant that belongs to the Rubiaceae family. It can grow up to 15-30 cm tall and has oval-shaped leaves. The plant produces delicate white or pink flowers with four petals and is typically found in damp, shaded environments like forests and near streams.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Oldenlandia biflora L. Sp. Pl. : 119 (1753)
Oldenlandia multiflora DC. Prodr. 4: 427 (1830)
Thecagonum biflorum (L.) Babu Bull. Bot. Surv. India 11: 214 (1969 publ. 1971)
Hedyotis hermanniana Ratna Dutta J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 23: 734 (1999)
Hedyotis biflora var. uniflora Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 133. 1877
Gonotheca biflora (L.) Masam. Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ., Biol. 4: 78 (1955)
Hedyotis alsinifolia Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15: 317 (1841)
Hedyotis biflora Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 272 (1792)
Hedyotis blumeana Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 726 (1840)
Hedyotis burmanniana Schult. & Schult.f. Mant. 3: 133 (1827)
Hedyotis dichotoma Cav. Icon. 6: 53 (1801)
Hedyotis media Cav. Icon. 6: 53 (1801)
Hedyotis multiflora Cav. Icon. 6: 53 (1801)
Hedyotis burmanniana Schult. & Schult.f. Mant. 3: 133 (1827)

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Language Common/alternative name
Chinese 双花耳草
Chinese 雙花耳草

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Laccadive Islands
      • Maldives
      • Nepal
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Cambodia
      • Myanmar
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • South China Sea
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Jawa
      • Malaya
      • Maluku
      • Philippines
      • Sulawesi
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
      • Solomon Islands
  • Pacific
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
      • Marianas
      • Marshall Islands
    • South-central Pacific
      • Cook Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji
      • Gilbert Islands
      • New Caledonia
      • Niue
      • Samoa
      • Tonga
      • Vanuatu
      • Wallis-Futuna Islands

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001342537
Tropicos 100452611
INPN 830211
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77147291-1
Open Tree Of Life 84595
NCBI Taxonomy 462684
IPNI 77147291-1
GBIF 9579208
Wikipedia Leptopetalum_biflorum

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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
Plant-derived cell-penetrating microprotein α-astratide aM1 targets Akt signaling and alleviates insulin resistance Dutta B, Loo S, Kam A, Tam JP Cell Mol Life Sci 16-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10505102
doi:10.1007/s00018-023-04937-y
PMID:37715850
Screening for Cyclotides in Sri Lankan Medicinal Plants: Discovery, Characterization, and Bioactivity Screening of Cyclotides from Geophila repens Rajendran S, Slazak B, Mohotti S, Muhammad T, Strömstedt AA, Kapusta M, Wilmowicz E, Göransson U, Hettiarachchi CM, Gunasekera S J Nat Prod 16-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9887600
doi:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c00674
PMID:36525646
Nutritional and Pharmaceutical Applications of Under-Explored Knottin Peptide-Rich Phytomedicines Attah FA, Lawal BA, Yusuf AB, Adedeji OJ, Folahan JT, Akhigbe KO, Roy T, Lawal AA, Ogah NB, Olorundare OE, Chamcheu JC Plants (Basel) 28-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9737898
doi:10.3390/plants11233271
PMID:36501311
Cyclotide-rich fractions containing nanofibers by electrospinning: preparation, characterization and examination of antimicrobial activity BAŞ EB, KÜREKCİ C, KALFA OM, AKCAN M Turk J Chem 19-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC10390166
doi:10.55730/1300-0527.3468
PMID:37529722
In Silico Approaches to Identify Polyphenol Compounds as α-Glucosidase and α-Amylase Inhibitors against Type-II Diabetes Riyaphan J, Pham DC, Leong MK, Weng CF Biomolecules 14-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8699780
doi:10.3390/biom11121877
PMID:34944521
Short Peptides Make a Big Difference: The Role of Botany-Derived AMPs in Disease Control and Protection of Human Health Luo X, Wu W, Feng L, Treves H, Ren M Int J Mol Sci 21-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8583512
doi:10.3390/ijms222111363
PMID:34768793
Enabling Efficient Folding and High-Resolution Crystallographic Analysis of Bracelet Cyclotides Huang YH, Du Q, Jiang Z, King GJ, Collins BM, Wang CK, Craik DJ Molecules 13-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8467136
doi:10.3390/molecules26185554
PMID:34577034
Natural Cyclopeptides as Anticancer Agents in the Last 20 Years Zhang JN, Xia YX, Zhang HJ Int J Mol Sci 12-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8068844
doi:10.3390/ijms22083973
PMID:33921480
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
Cysteine-Rich Peptide Fingerprinting as a General Method for Herbal Analysis to Differentiate Radix Astragali and Radix Hedysarum Huang J, Wong KH, Tay SV, How A, Tam JP Front Plant Sci 31-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6684776
doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00973
PMID:31417590
Evaluation of the In Vitro and In Vivo Antioxidant Potentials of Sudarshana Powder Weerakoon WA, Perera PK, Gunasekera D, Suresh TS Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 10-Apr-2018
PMCID:PMC5914117
doi:10.1155/2018/6743862
PMID:29849719
A high-throughput peptidomic strategy to decipher the molecular diversity of cyclic cysteine-rich peptides Serra A, Hemu X, Nguyen GK, Nguyen NT, Sze SK, Tam JP Sci Rep 11-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4786859
doi:10.1038/srep23005
PMID:26965458
Phytochemicals and Biogenic Metallic Nanoparticles as Anticancer Agents Rao PV, Nallappan D, Madhavi K, Rahman S, Jun Wei L, Gan SH Oxid Med Cell Longev 23-Feb-2016
PMCID:PMC4781993
doi:10.1155/2016/3685671
PMID:27057273
Antimicrobial Peptides from Plants Tam JP, Wang S, Wong KH, Tan WL Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 16-Nov-2015
PMCID:PMC4695807
doi:10.3390/ph8040711
PMID:26580629
Plant Antimicrobial Peptides as Potential Anticancer Agents Guzmán-Rodríguez JJ, Ochoa-Zarzosa A, López-Gómez R, López-Meza JE Biomed Res Int 01-Mar-2015
PMCID:PMC4359852
doi:10.1155/2015/735087
PMID:25815333

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Anthracenes / Anthraquinones
1,4-Anthracenedione, 9-hydroxy-2,3-dimethoxy- 10636766 Click to see COC1=C(C(=O)C2=C(C3=CC=CC=C3C=C2C1=O)O)OC 284.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP960583J
1,4-Dihydroxy-2,3-dimethoxyanthracene-9,10-dione 10851746 Click to see COC1=C(C2=C(C(=C1OC)O)C(=O)C3=CC=CC=C3C2=O)O 300.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP960583J
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Ursolic acid acetate 6475119 Click to see CC1CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)OC(=O)C)C)C)C2C1C)C)C(=O)O 498.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP960583J
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid C-glycosides
Isovitexin 162350 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(O2)C=C(C(=C3O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O 432.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP960583J

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