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Internal ID UUID643fe2a04918d388533672
Scientific name Mareya micrantha
Authority Müll.Arg.
First published in Prodr. 15(2): 792 (1866)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Mareya leonensis Baill. Hist. Pl. 5: 213 (1874)
Mareya micrantha var. leonensis (Benth.) Müll.Arg. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2): 796. 1866
Mareya micrantha var. nitida Beille Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 82. 1908
Mareya spicata Baill. Recueil Observ. Bot. 1: 74 (1860)
Mareya spicata var. leonensis (Benth.) Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. IV, 147, XIV: 12. 1919
Mareya spicata var. micrantha (Benth.) Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. IV, 147, XIV: 12. 1919
Acalypha leonensis Benth. Niger Fl. : 504 (1849)
Acalypha micrantha Benth. Niger Fl. : 505 (1849)

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  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Nigeria
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cabinda
      • Cameroon
      • Congo
      • Equatorial Guinea
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Zaïre

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World Flora Online wfo-0000236291
Tropicos 12804231
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:352062-1
The Plant List kew-120553
Open Tree Of Life 816389
NCBI Taxonomy 316647
IUCN Red List 136113039
IPNI 352062-1
GBIF 3055859
EOL 1154521

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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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Nature’s Green Potential: Anticancer Properties of Plants of the Euphorbiaceae Family Jiménez-González V, Kowalczyk T, Piekarski J, Szemraj J, Rijo P, Sitarek P Cancers (Basel) 25-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10778523
doi:10.3390/cancers16010114
PMID:38201542
Structure, composition and diversity of restored forest ecosystems on mine-spoils in South-Western Ghana Nero BF PLoS One 14-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8202926
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0252371
PMID:34125836
Laxative and antioxidant effects of ramie (Boehmeria nivea L.) leaf extract in experimental constipated rats Lee H, Choi EJ, Park S, Lee J Food Sci Nutr 07-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7382170
doi:10.1002/fsn3.1619
PMID:32724603
Metabolomics approach to serum biomarker for laxative effects of red Liriope platyphylla in loperamide-induced constipation of SD rats Kim JE, Lee YJ, Ryu SH, Park JW, Kang MJ, Choi HJ, Bae SJ, Choi Y, Kang HG, Kim KB, Kim S, Lim Y, Hwang DY Lab Anim Res 24-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC7081617
doi:10.1186/s42826-019-0009-x
PMID:32257897
Anti-Inflammatory Response and Muscarinic Cholinergic Regulation during the Laxative Effect of Asparagus cochinchinensis in Loperamide-Induced Constipation of SD Rats Kim JE, Park JW, Kang MJ, Choi HJ, Bae SJ, Choi YS, Lee YJ, Lee HS, Hong JT, Hwang DY Int J Mol Sci 21-Feb-2019
PMCID:PMC6412595
doi:10.3390/ijms20040946
PMID:30795644
Medicinal Plants Used in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality, Southern Ghana: An Ethnobotanical Study Appiah KS, Oppong CP, Mardani HK, Omari RA, Kpabitey S, Amoatey CA, Onwona-Agyeman S, Oikawa Y, Katsura K, Fujii Y Medicines (Basel) 20-Dec-2018
PMCID:PMC6473417
doi:10.3390/medicines6010001
PMID:30577439
Quercetin promotes gastrointestinal motility and mucin secretion in loperamide-induced constipation of SD rats through regulation of the mAChRs downstream signal Kim JE, Lee MR, Park JJ, Choi JY, Song BR, Son HJ, Choi YW, Kim KM, Hong JT, Hwang DY Pharm Biol 28-Jun-2018
PMCID:PMC6130520
doi:10.1080/13880209.2018.1474932
PMID:29952685
Uridine stimulate laxative effect in the loperamide-induced constipation of SD rats through regulation of the mAChRs signaling pathway and mucin secretion Kim JE, Go J, Sung JE, Lee HA, Yun WB, Hong JT, Hwang DY BMC Gastroenterol 26-Jan-2017
PMCID:PMC5267432
doi:10.1186/s12876-017-0576-y
PMID:28122499
Gallotannin-Enriched Extract Isolated from Galla Rhois May Be a Functional Candidate with Laxative Effects for Treatment of Loperamide-Induced Constipation of SD Rats Kim JE, Go J, Koh EK, Song SH, Sung JE, Lee HA, Lee YH, Hong JT, Hwang DY PLoS One 12-Sep-2016
PMCID:PMC5019396
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161144
PMID:27618438
Medicinal plants and traditional healing practices in ehotile people, around the aby lagoon (eastern littoral of Côte d'Ivoire) Malan DF, Neuba DF, Kouakou KL J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 14-Mar-2015
PMCID:PMC4391329
doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0004-8
PMID:25888765
Effects of Dates Pulp Extract and Palm Sap (Phoenix dactylifera L.) on Gastrointestinal Transit Activity in Healthy Rats Souli A, Sebai H, Rtibi K, Chehimi L, Sakly M, Amri M, El-Benna J J Med Food 01-Jul-2014
PMCID:PMC4098977
doi:10.1089/jmf.2013.0112
PMID:24611963
Aqueous extracts of Liriope platyphylla induced significant laxative effects on loperamide-induced constipation of SD rats Kim JE, Lee YJ, Kwak MH, Ko J, Hong JT, Hwang DY BMC Complement Altern Med 26-Nov-2013
PMCID:PMC4222752
doi:10.1186/1472-6882-13-333
PMID:24274470
Myostimulating Effect of Sesamum Radiatum Aqueous Leaf Extract in Isolated Guinea-Pig Taenia Caeci Contractile Activity Konan AB, Amonkan AK, Ahui ML, Bouafou GM, Kouakou LK, Kpahé FZ, Datté JY Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 01-Jun-2011
PMCID:PMC3218465
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v8i4.6
PMID:22654214
Laxative activities of Mareya micrantha (Benth.) Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) leaf aqueous extract in rats Méité S, Bahi C, Yéo D, Datté JY, Djaman JA, N'guessan DJ BMC Complement Altern Med 16-Feb-2010
PMCID:PMC2830176
doi:10.1186/1472-6882-10-7
PMID:20158903

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