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Internal ID UUID643ffe18dcc69481285862
Scientific name Melianthus comosus
Authority Vahl
First published in Symb. Bot. 3: 86 (1794)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Diplerisma comosum (Vahl) Planch. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 416 (1851)

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans karoo-kruidjie-roer-my-nie
Finnish tupsumesipuu
Chinese 多毛蜜花

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  • Africa
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Lesotho
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000450076
Tropicos 20500007
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:783655-1
The Plant List kew-2504992
Open Tree Of Life 553547
NCBI Taxonomy 377274
IUCN Red List 146300468
IPNI 783655-1
iNaturalist 120228
GBIF 3845268
Freebase /m/010grpxd
EPPO MEHCO
EOL 5023274
USDA GRIN 401072
Wikipedia Melianthus_comosus

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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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Leaf extracts of eight selected southern African medicinal plants modulate pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages Khumalo GP, Loa-Kum-Cheung W, Van Wyk BE, Feng Y, Cock IE Inflammopharmacology 04-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC11006729
doi:10.1007/s10787-023-01420-9
PMID:38310564
Endophytic fungi mediates production of bioactive secondary metabolites via modulation of genes involved in key metabolic pathways and their contribution in different biotechnological sector Toppo P, Kagatay LL, Gurung A, Singla P, Chakraborty R, Roy S, Mathur P 3 Biotech 14-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10183385
doi:10.1007/s13205-023-03605-z
PMID:37197561
Green Orange Peel-Mediated Bioinspired Synthesis of Nanoselenium and Its Antibacterial Activity against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Dang-Bao T, Ho TG, Do BL, Phung Anh N, Phan TD, Tran TB, Duong NL, Hong Phuong P, Nguyen T ACS Omega 30-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9558707
doi:10.1021/acsomega.2c05469
PMID:36249379
Recent Developments in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Treatment: A Review Nandhini P, Kumar P, Mickymaray S, Alothaim AS, Somasundaram J, Rajan M Antibiotics (Basel) 29-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9137690
doi:10.3390/antibiotics11050606
PMID:35625250
LC–DAD–MS Phenolic Characterisation of Six Invasive Plant Species in Croatia and Determination of Their Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activity Poljuha D, Sladonja B, Šola I, Šenica M, Uzelac M, Veberič R, Hudina M, Famuyide IM, Eloff JN, Mikulic-Petkovsek M Plants (Basel) 23-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8912889
doi:10.3390/plants11050596
PMID:35270066
Bioactive triterpenoids from Solanum torvum fruits with antifungal, resistance modulatory and anti-biofilm formation activities against fluconazole-resistant candida albicans strains Harley BK, Neglo D, Tawiah P, Pipim MA, Mireku-Gyimah NA, Tettey CO, Amengor CD, Fleischer TC, Waikhom SD PLoS One 28-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8714089
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0260956
PMID:34962953
Natural Products from Medicinal Plants against Phytopathogenic Fusarium Species: Current Research Endeavours, Challenges and Prospects Seepe HA, Nxumalo W, Amoo SO Molecules 29-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8587185
doi:10.3390/molecules26216539
PMID:34770948
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
In Silico and In Vitro Screening of Antipathogenic Properties of Melianthus comosus (Vahl) against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Baloyi IT, Adeosun IJ, Yusuf AA, Cosa S Antibiotics (Basel) 05-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8230066
doi:10.3390/antibiotics10060679
PMID:34198845
Updating the taxonomy of Aspergillus in South Africa Visagie CM, Houbraken J Stud Mycol 13-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7426233
doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2020.02.003
PMID:32855741
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
Exploring African Medicinal Plants for Potential Anti-Diabetic Compounds with the DIA-DB Inverse Virtual Screening Web Server Pereira AS, den Haan H, Peña-García J, Moreno MM, Pérez-Sánchez H, Apostolides Z Molecules 24-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6571761
doi:10.3390/molecules24102002
PMID:31137754
Are plants used in the Eastern Cape province for cosmetics fully commercialized? Sagbo IJ, Mbeng WO Indian J Pharmacol 01-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6644182
doi:10.4103/ijp.IJP_262_18
PMID:31391681
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and anti-MRSA activities of extracts of some medicinal plants: A brief review Okwu MU, Olley M, Akpoka AO, Izevbuwa OE AIMS Microbiol 15-Apr-2019
PMCID:PMC6642907
doi:10.3934/microbiol.2019.2.117
PMID:31384707
Antifungal, anti-oxidant activity and cytotoxicity of South African medicinal plants against mycotoxigenic fungi Mongalo NI, Dikhoba PM, Soyingbe SO, Makhafola TJ Heliyon 29-Nov-2018
PMCID:PMC6275167
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00973
PMID:30761368

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