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Internal ID UUID643ffdaff04e4970970338
Scientific name Lecaniodiscus cupanioides
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First published in Niger Fl. : 251 (1849)

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Language Common/alternative name
Hausa ka fi nama zaki

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000445972
Tropicos 28601310
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:783444-1
The Plant List kew-2498278
Open Tree Of Life 5747933
NCBI Taxonomy 1195011
IUCN Red List 153939354
IPNI 783444-1
iNaturalist 1106664
GBIF 3785542

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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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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Floristic composition and turnover analysis in Dahomey Gap and the surrounding sub‐humid Togolese mountain minor forest refuges: Importance for biogeography and biodiversity conservation in sub‐Saharan Africa Adjossou K, Kokou K, Deconchat M Ecol Evol 04-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9532220
doi:10.1002/ece3.9304
PMID:36225837
Mining methods exert differential effects on species recruitment at artisanal small-scale mining sites in Ghana Asare D, Ansong M, Kyereh B, Damptey FG, Asante WA Heliyon 14-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9123227
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09434
PMID:35607493
Wandering through southwestern Nigeria: An inventory of Yoruba useful angiosperm plants Ajao AA, Mukaila YO, Sabiu S Heliyon 25-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8733184
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08668
PMID:35024488
Which Plants for What Ailments: A Quantitative Analysis of Medicinal Ethnobotany of Ile-Ife, Osun State, Southwestern Nigeria Mukaila YO, Oladipo OT, Ogunlowo I, Ajao AA, Sabiu S Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 03-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8355999
doi:10.1155/2021/5711547
PMID:34394387
Effect of Herbal Medicine on Fertility Potential in Experimental Animals - an Update Review Alahmadi BA Mater Sociomed 01-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7428893
doi:10.5455/msm.2020.32.140-147
PMID:32843864
Carbohydrates, proteins, fats and other essential components of food from native trees in West Africa Lykke AM, Padonou EA Heliyon 22-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6531672
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01744
PMID:31193435
In vitro cytotoxic activity of medicinal plants from Nigeria ethnomedicine on Rhabdomyosarcoma cancer cell line and HPLC analysis of active extracts Ogbole OO, Segun PA, Adeniji AJ BMC Complement Altern Med 22-Nov-2017
PMCID:PMC5700537
doi:10.1186/s12906-017-2005-8
PMID:29166892
Documentation of Herbal Medicines Used for the Treatment and Management of Human Diseases by Some Communities in Southern Ghana Boadu AA, Asase A Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 08-Jun-2017
PMCID:PMC5480049
doi:10.1155/2017/3043061
PMID:28684965
Cultural significance of termites in sub-Saharan Africa van Huis A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 26-Jan-2017
PMCID:PMC5270236
doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0137-z
PMID:28126033
The symbolic efficacy of medicinal plants: practices, knowledge, and religious beliefs amongst the Nalu healers of Guinea-Bissau Frazão-Moreira A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 17-Jun-2016
PMCID:PMC4912713
doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0095-x
PMID:27316468
Ecological data in support of an analysis of Guinea-Bissau׳s medicinal flora Catarino L, Havik PJ, Indjai B, Romeiras MM Data Brief 30-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC5063803
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2016.03.077
PMID:27761498
In vivo anti-plasmodial activities and toxic impacts of lime extract of a combination of Picralima nitida, Alstonia boonei and Gongronema latifolium in mice infected with Chloroquine-sensitive Plasmodium berghei Idowu ET, Ajaegbu HC, Omotayo AI, Aina OO, Otubanjo OA Afr Health Sci 01-Dec-2015
PMCID:PMC4765397
doi:10.4314/ahs.v15i4.27
PMID:26958029
A Review on Plants Used for Improvement of Sexual Performance and Virility Chauhan NS, Sharma V, Dixit VK, Thakur M Biomed Res Int 18-Aug-2014
PMCID:PMC4151601
doi:10.1155/2014/868062
PMID:25215296
Anti-cancerous triterpenoid saponins from Lecaniodiscus cupanioides Adesegun SA, Coker HA, Hamann MT J Nat Prod (Gorakhpur) 01-Jan-2014
PMCID:PMC5114025
PMID:27867280
Phytochemical Analysis and Antimalarial Activity Aqueous Extract of Lecaniodiscus cupanioides Root Nafiu MO, Abdulsalam TA, Akanji MA J Trop Med 01-Aug-2013
PMCID:PMC3747395
doi:10.1155/2013/605393
PMID:23983718

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives
(4aR,6aS,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10S,12aR,14bS)-10-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6b,9,12a-pentamethyl-3,4,5,6,6a,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylic acid 162881978 Click to see 736.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(81)84039-3
10-[4,5-dihydroxy-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6b,9,12a-pentamethyl-3,4,5,6,6a,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylic acid 162881976 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(COC2OC3CCC4(C(C3(C)CO)CCC5(C4CC=C6C5CCC7(C6CC(CC7)(C)C)C(=O)O)C)C)O)O)O)O)O 736.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(81)84039-3
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Oligosaccharides
(4aR,6aS,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10S,12aR,14bS)-10-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6S)-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6b,9,12a-pentamethyl-3,4,5,6,6a,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylic acid 162905048 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(COC2OC3CCC4(C(C3(C)CO)CCC5(C4CC=C6C5CCC7(C6CC(CC7)(C)C)C(=O)O)C)C)O)O)O)OC8C(C(C(CO8)O)O)O)O 869.00 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(81)84039-3
(4aR,6aS,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10S,12aR,14bS)-10-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6S)-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6b,9,12a-pentamethyl-3,4,5,6,6a,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylic acid 162905049 Click to see 869.00 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(81)84039-3
(4aR,6aS,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10S,12aR,14bS)-10-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6S)-4-[(2S,3R,4R,5S)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6b,9,12a-pentamethyl-3,4,5,6,6a,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylic acid 163057833 Click to see 869.00 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(81)84039-3
10-[3-[3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6b,9,12a-pentamethyl-3,4,5,6,6a,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylic acid 162905047 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(COC2OC3CCC4(C(C3(C)CO)CCC5(C4CC=C6C5CCC7(C6CC(CC7)(C)C)C(=O)O)C)C)O)O)O)OC8C(C(C(CO8)O)O)O)O 869.00 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(81)84039-3
10-[3-[4-[3,4-dihydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6b,9,12a-pentamethyl-3,4,5,6,6a,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylic acid 163057832 Click to see 869.00 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(81)84039-3

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