Leontice leontopetalum, also known as lion's foot, is a perennial plant found in semi-desert regions. Its name comes from the Greek word for lioness, referring to the shape of its leaves. The plant grows up to 60 cm tall and has yellow flowers that bloom between February and April. It contains saponins and has a tuberous root that resembles a potato. Leontice is mostly found in North Africa, Greece, Bulgaria, and the Near East. It is listed as a vulnerable species in Greece. The plant has been used as a natural soap and has medicinal properties. It is also believed to be the plant mentioned in ancient texts as an antidote to opium overdose. A related plant, Bongardia chrysogonum, is thought to have similar properties.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Leontice brevibracteata	St.-Lag.	Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 129 (1880)

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Language	Common/alternative name
Arabic	قبقاب
Arabic	مهد
Arabic	قليعي
Arabic	خميرة الدار
Arabic	رقف
Arabic	عرطنيثيا
Arabic	عسلج الأسد
Arabic	كف الأسد
Arabic	الحشيشة
Arabic	طقتيا
Arabic	عساليج
Arabic	طقيق
Arabic	عسلج
Finnish	leijonanlyhty

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Africa click to expand
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria
  - Egypt
  - Libya
  - Tunisia

Asia-temperate click to expand
- Western Asia
  - Cyprus
  - Iran
  - Iraq
  - Lebanon-Syria
  - Palestine
  - Sinai
  - Turkey

Europe click to expand
- Southeastern Europe
  - Bulgaria
  - Greece
  - Kriti
  - Turkey-in-Europe

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000361311
Tropicos	3500201
INPN	160380
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107372-1
The Plant List	kew-2342453
Open Tree Of Life	22670
Observations.org	131758
NCBI Taxonomy	168833
IPNI	107372-1
iNaturalist	486597
GBIF	7300324
EPPO	LETLE
Elurikkus	632008
USDA GRIN	435123
Wikipedia	Leontice_leontopetalum

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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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Botanical memory: five centuries of floristic changes revealed by a Renaissance herbarium (Ulisse Aldrovandi, 1551–1586)

Buldrini F, Alessandrini A, Mossetti U, Muzzi E, Pezzi G, Soldano A, Nascimbene J

R Soc Open Sci

08-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10645095
doi:	10.1098/rsos.230866
PMID:	38026021

Natural Inhibitors of Cholinesterases: Chemistry, Structure–Activity and Methods of Their Analysis

Smyrska-Wieleba N, Mroczek T

Int J Mol Sci

01-Feb-2023

PMCID:	PMC9916849
doi:	10.3390/ijms24032722
PMID:	36769043

From Biodiversity to Musketry: Detection of Plant Diversity in Pre-Industrial Peloponnese during the Flora Graeca Expedition

Chimona C, Papadopoulou S, Kolyva F, Mina M, Rhizopoulou S

Life (Basel)

23-Nov-2022

PMCID:	PMC9785030
doi:	10.3390/life12121957
PMID:	36556322

Plastid Phylogenomics and Plastome Evolution of Nandinoideae (Berberidaceae)

Song S, Zubov D, Comes HP, Li H, Liu X, Zhong X, Lee J, Yang Z, Li P

Front Plant Sci

30-Jun-2022

PMCID:	PMC9302238
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2022.913011
PMID:	35873997

Do Lipid-based Nanoparticles Hold Promise for Advancing the Clinical Translation of Anticancer Alkaloids?

Loh JS, Tan LK, Lee WL, Ming LC, How CW, Foo JB, Kifli N, Goh BH, Ong YS

Cancers (Basel)

25-Oct-2021

PMCID:	PMC8582402
doi:	10.3390/cancers13215346
PMID:	34771511

The use of ash at Late Lower Paleolithic Qesem Cave, Israel—An integrated study of use-wear and residue analysis

Lemorini C, Cristiani E, Cesaro S, Venditti F, Zupancich A, Gopher A

PLoS One

21-Sep-2020

PMCID:	PMC7505473
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0237502
PMID:	32956377

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in Arjan – Parishan protected area in Fars Province of Iran

Dolatkhahi M, Dolatkhahi A, Nejad JB

Avicenna J Phytomed

01-Nov-2014

PMCID:	PMC4224954
PMID:	25386404

Drug Discovery Prospect from Untapped Species: Indications from Approved Natural Product Drugs

Zhu F, Ma XH, Qin C, Tao L, Liu X, Shi Z, Zhang CL, Tan CY, Chen YZ, Jiang YY

PLoS One

11-Jul-2012

PMCID:	PMC3394748
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0039782
PMID:	22808057

Cytotoxic activities of selected medicinal plants from Iran and phytochemical evaluation of the most potent extract

Sahranavard S, Naghibi F, Mosaddegh M, Esmaeili S, Sarkhail P, Taghvaei M, Ghafari S

Res Pharm Sci

01-Jul-2009

PMCID:	PMC3093631
PMID:	21589808

Chemical Constituents of the Flora of Jordan, II. Alkaloids of Leontic leontopetalum

K. A. Abu Safieh, D. M. Al-Eisawi, M. H. Abu Zarga, S. S. Sabri

American Chemical Society (ACS)

17-Mar-2005

doi:	10.1021/NP50046A044

Distribution and taxonomic significance of quinolizidine alkaloids in Leontice leontopetalum and L. ewersmannii (Berberidacea)

Gabriele Gresser, Peter Bachmann, Ludger Witte, F.-C. Czygan

Elsevier BV

10-Feb-2003

doi:	10.1016/0305-1978(93)90072-Y

A lupine alkaloid from Leontice leontopetalum

Taleb H. Al-Tel, Salim S. Sabri, Musa H. Abu Zarga, Azra Pervin, Zahir Shah, Atta-ur-Rahman, David S. Rycroft

Elsevier BV

25-Jul-2002

doi:	10.1016/0031-9422(91)83657-7

Effects of oblongine chloride, an alkaloid from Leontice leontopetalum on guinea-pig isolated smooth muscle and heart.

Abdalla S, Zarga MA, Sabri S

Gen Pharmacol

01-Mar-1993

doi:	10.1016/0306-3623(93)90306-I
PMID:	8482513

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Lupin alkaloids / Cytisine and derivatives
(1R,9R)-11-methyl-7,11-diazatricyclo[7.3.1.02,7]trideca-2,4-dien-6-one	1747617	Click to see CN1CC2CC(C1)C3=CC=CC(=O)N3C2	204.27	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(93)90072-Y
Pharmakon1600-01504027	6708720	Click to see C1C2CNCC1C3=CC=CC(=O)N3C2	190.24	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(93)90072-Y
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Lupin alkaloids / Sparteine, lupanine, and related alkaloids
(1R,2R,5R,9R,10S)-5-hydroxy-7,15-diazatetracyclo[7.7.1.02,7.010,15]heptadecan-6-one	14589043	Click to see C1CCN2CC3CC(C2C1)CN4C3CCC(C4=O)O	264.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(91)83657-7
(1R,2R,9S,10R)-7,15-diazatetracyclo[7.7.1.02,7.010,15]heptadecan-6-one	92143189	Click to see C1CCN2CC3CC(C2C1)CN4C3CCCC4=O	248.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(93)90072-Y
(1R,2R,9S,10S)-7,15-Diazatetracyclo[7.7.1.02,7.010,15]heptadecan-6-one	442956	Click to see C1CCN2CC3CC(C2C1)CN4C3CCCC4=O	248.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50046A044
(1S,2S,9S,10S)-7,15-diazatetracyclo[7.7.1.02,7.010,15]heptadecan-6-one	1274462	Click to see C1CCN2CC3CC(C2C1)CN4C3CCCC4=O	248.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(91)83657-7
(2S,10R)-7,15-diazatetracyclo[7.7.1.02,7.010,15]heptadecan-8-one	139031726	Click to see C1CCN2CC3CC(C2C1)C(=O)N4C3CCCC4	248.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(93)90072-Y
13-Hydroxylupanine	250873	Click to see C1CC2C3CC(CN2C(=O)C1)C4CC(CCN4C3)O	264.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(91)83657-7
17-Oxolupanine	14139904	Click to see C1CCN2C(C1)C3CC(C2=O)C4CCCC(=O)N4C3	262.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(93)90072-Y
3alpha-Hydroxylupanine	44559669	Click to see C1CCN2CC3CC(C2C1)CN4C3CCC(C4=O)O	264.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(91)83657-7
5-Hydroxy-7,15-diazatetracyclo[7.7.1.02,7.010,15]heptadecan-6-one	14589041	Click to see C1CCN2CC3CC(C2C1)CN4C3CCC(C4=O)O	264.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(91)83657-7
6-Phosphogluconic acid tri(cyclohexylammonium) salt, Grade V	16212687	Click to see C1CCN2CC3CC(C2C1)CN4C3CCCC4	234.38	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(93)90072-Y
alpha-Isolupanine	119201	Click to see C1CCN2CC3CC(C2C1)CN4C3CCCC4=O	248.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(91)83657-7 https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(93)90072-Y
Hydroxylupanine	73404	Click to see C1CC2C3CC(CN2C(=O)C1)C4CC(CCN4C3)O	264.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(93)90072-Y https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(91)83657-7
Isolupanine	15939852	Click to see C1CCN2CC3CC(C2C1)CN4C3CCCC4=O	248.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(91)83657-7
Lupanine	91471	Click to see C1CCN2CC3CC(C2C1)CN4C3CCCC4=O	248.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50046A044
Sparteine	644020	Click to see C1CCN2CC3CC(C2C1)CN4C3CCCC4	234.38	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(93)90072-Y
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Indolizidines
(10R)-7,14-diazatetracyclo[7.6.1.02,7.010,14]hexadeca-2,4-dien-6-one	139031188	Click to see C1CC2C3CC(CN2C1)C4=CC=CC(=O)N4C3	230.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(93)90072-Y
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Isoquinolines and derivatives / Benzylisoquinolines
(1R)-7-methoxy-1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]-2,2-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-1H-isoquinolin-2-ium-8-olate	163190057	Click to see C[N+]1(CCC2=C(C1CC3=CC=C(C=C3)OC)C(=C(C=C2)OC)[O-])C	327.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50046A044
(1S)-1-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)methyl]-7-methoxy-2,2-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-1H-isoquinolin-2-ium-8-ol	173713	Click to see C[N+]1(CCC2=C(C1CC3=CC=C(C=C3)O)C(=C(C=C2)OC)O)C	314.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0306-3623(93)90306-I https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50046A044
Magnocurarine	53266	Click to see C[N+]1(CCC2=CC(=C(C=C2C1CC3=CC=C(C=C3)O)O)OC)C	314.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50046A044
Reticuline	439653	Click to see CN1CCC2=CC(=C(C=C2C1CC3=CC(=C(C=C3)OC)O)O)OC	329.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50046A044
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Quinolizines
Leontiformine	442955	Click to see C1CCN2CC(CCC2C1)C3CCCCN3C=O	250.38	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50046A044

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Leontice leontopetalum

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