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Internal ID UUID643ffef40fcc7815493701
Scientific name Tribulus pentandrus
Authority Forssk.
First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 81 (1775)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Tribulus alatus Delile Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 62. 1813 [dt. 1812; issued in 1813]
Tribulus longipetalus Viv. Pl. Aegypt. Dec. : 10 (1830)
Tribulus alatus var. monodii Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 28: 347 1937
Tribulus pentandrus var. acanthopterus (Kralik) Hosni Candollea 51: 196 (1996)

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Tribulus pentandrus var. pterophorus (Presl) P.Singh & V.Singh J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 6: 159 (1985)

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Djibouti
      • Eritrea
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Western Sahara
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Namibia
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Sinai
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • India
      • Pakistan
      • West Himalaya

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000457854
Tropicos 34600185
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:873467-1
The Plant List kew-2518825
Open Tree Of Life 3902314
NCBI Taxonomy 1965241
IPNI 873467-1
iNaturalist 490034
GBIF 6384893
EPPO TRBPE
USDA GRIN 455141

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Cross-cultural ethnobotany of the Baltis and Shinas in the Kharmang district, Trans-Himalaya India-Pakistan border Hussain B, Abbas Z, Alam J, Harun N, Khan SM, Ahmad Z, Han H, Yoo S, Raposo A Heliyon 27-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10998220
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28613
PMID:38586350
Proximate Composition and Nutritional Values of Selected Wild Plants of the United Arab Emirates Shahid M, Singh RK, Thushar S Molecules 03-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9921872
doi:10.3390/molecules28031504
PMID:36771169
Climate change and hydrological regime in arid lands: Impacts of dams on the plant diversity, vegetation structure and soil in Saudi Arabia Al-Munqedhi BM, El-Sheikh MA, Alfarhan AH, Alkahtani AM, Arif IA, Rajagopal R, Alharthi ST Saudi J Biol Sci 25-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC9280318
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.01.043
PMID:35844430
Biochemical profile and bioactive potential of thirteen wild folk medicinal plants from Balochistan, Pakistan Ahmed A, Hameed A, Saeed S PLoS One 18-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7444594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231612
PMID:32810139
Remote sensing of 10 years changes in the vegetation cover of the northwestern coastal land of Red Sea, Saudi Arabia Alharthi A, El-Sheikh MA, Elhag M, Alatar AA, Abbadi GA, Abdel-Salam EM, Arif IA, Baeshen AA, Eid EM Saudi J Biol Sci 23-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7569144
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.07.021
PMID:33100880
DNA barcoding of selected UAE medicinal plant species: a comparative assessment of herbarium and fresh samples Enan MR, Palakkott AR, Ksiksi TS Physiol Mol Biol Plants 18-Jan-2017
PMCID:PMC5313416
doi:10.1007/s12298-016-0412-9
PMID:28250597
Vanishing Knowledge of Plant Species in the Wadi Allaqi Desert Area of Egypt Kandal HA, Yacoub HA, Gerkema MP, Swart JA Hum Ecol Interdiscip J 19-May-2016
PMCID:PMC5011154
doi:10.1007/s10745-016-9826-9
PMID:27642218
The Chemistry and Biological Activities of Natural Products from Northern African Plant Families: From Taccaceae to Zygophyllaceae Ntie-Kang F, Njume LE, Malange YI, Günther S, Sippl W, Yong JN Nat Prod Bioprospect 01-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4805656
doi:10.1007/s13659-016-0091-9
PMID:26931529
Antibacterial and antifungal activities of different parts of Tribulus terrestris L. growing in Iraq Al-Bayati FA, Al-Mola HF J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 16-Jan-2008
PMCID:PMC2225498
doi:10.1631/jzus.B0720251
PMID:18257138
Steroidal saponins from the aerial parts of Tribulus pentandrus Forssk. Hamed AI, Oleszek W, Stochmal A, Pizza C, Piacente S Phytochemistry 01-Nov-2004
doi:10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.07.003
PMID:15501264
Flavonoid glycosides of Tribulus pentandrus and T. Terrestris Nabiel A.M. Saleh, Ahmed A. Ahmed, Mohamed F. Abdalla Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/0031-9422(82)83030-6

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Steroidal glycosides
(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2S,6S)-6-[(2R,3R,8S,9S,10R,13S,14S,17R)-3-[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-5-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3,4-bis[[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy]oxan-2-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-5-hydroxy-2-methylheptoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol 101361935 Click to see CC(CCC(C(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4=CC(C(CC34C)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)O)O)O)O)O)C)O)COC9C(C(C(C(O9)CO)O)O)O 1245.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.07.003
(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-[[(3S,5S,8R,9S,10S,12S,13S,14S,16S,17R)-12-hydroxy-17-[(2S,3S)-3-hydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-16-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl]oxy]-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol 163105270 Click to see CC(C)CCC(C(C)C1C(CC2C1(C(CC3C2CCC4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)O)O)C)O)C)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)O)O)O 893.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.07.003
(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,8S,9S,10R,13S,14S,16S,17R)-17-[(2S,3S,6S)-3,7-dihydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-16-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2,3,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl]oxy]-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol 101361934 Click to see CC(CCC(C(C)C1C(CC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4=CC(CCC34C)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)O)O)C)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)O)O)O)CO 891.00 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.07.003
(8R,9S,10R,12S,13S,14S,16S,17R)-16-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-12-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-1,2,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one 21579179 Click to see CC(C)CCCC(C)C1C(CC2C1(C(CC3C2CCC4=CC(=O)CCC34C)O)C)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)O 740.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.07.003
(8S,9S,10R,11R,13S,14S,16S,17R)-17-[(2S,3S,6S)-3,7-dihydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-16-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,5-dihydroxy-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-11-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one 101361933 Click to see CC(CCC(C(C)C1C(CC2C1(CC(C3C2CCC4=CC(=O)CCC34C)O)C)OC5C(C(C(CO5)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)O)O)CO 742.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.07.003
(8S,9S,10R,13S,14S,16S,17R)-17-[(2S,3S,6S)-3,7-dihydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-16-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,5-dihydroxy-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one 101361931 Click to see CC(CCC(C(C)C1C(CC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4=CC(=O)CCC34C)C)OC5C(C(C(CO5)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)O)O)CO 726.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.07.003
[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-6-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-2-[[(8S,9S,10R,13S,14S,16S,17R)-17-[(2S,3S,6S)-3,7-dihydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-3-oxo-1,2,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-16-yl]oxy]-3,5-dihydroxyoxan-4-yl]oxy-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]methyl acetate 101361932 Click to see CC(CCC(C(C)C1C(CC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4=CC(=O)CCC34C)C)OC5C(C(C(CO5)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)COC(=O)C)O)O)O)O)O)CO 768.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.07.003
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Steroidal glycosides / Steroidal saponins
(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[(2S)-4-[(1R,2S,4S,6R,7S,8R,9S,12S,13S,15R,16R,18S)-16-[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-5-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3,4-bis[[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy]oxan-2-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-6,15-dihydroxy-7,9,13-trimethyl-5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icosan-6-yl]-2-methylbutoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol 162901962 Click to see CC1C2C(CC3C2(CCC4C3CCC5C4(CC(C(C5)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)O)O)O)OC9C(C(C(C(O9)CO)O)O)O)O)O)O)C)C)OC1(CCC(C)COC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)O 1261.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.07.003
[(3S,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,16S,17R)-17-acetyl-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-4-hydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-5-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3,4-bis[[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy]oxan-2-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-16-yl] (4S)-4-methyl-5-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxypentanoate 162910626 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(C(OC2OC3CCC4(C(C3)CCC5C4CCC6(C5CC(C6C(=O)C)OC(=O)CCC(C)COC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)O)C)C)CO)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)O)OC9C(C(C(CO9)O)O)O)OC1C(C(C(CO1)O)O)O)O)O)O)O 1345.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.07.003
[(3S,5S,8R,9S,10S,13S,14S,16S,17R)-17-acetyl-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-4-hydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-5-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3,4-bis[[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy]oxan-2-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-16-yl] (4S)-4-methyl-5-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxypentanoate 21579182 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(C(OC2OC3CCC4(C(C3)CCC5C4CCC6(C5CC(C6C(=O)C)OC(=O)CCC(C)COC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)O)C)C)CO)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)O)OC9C(C(C(CO9)O)O)O)OC1C(C(C(CO1)O)O)O)O)O)O)O 1345.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2004.07.003
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
Moracetin 5319886 Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)COC5C(C(C(C(O5)COC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O 788.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(82)83030-6
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5-hydroxy-7-[(2S,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3-[(2S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one 44259175 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C6=CC(=C(C=C6)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O 772.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(82)83030-6
Kaempferol 3-gentiobioside-7-glucoside 44258833 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)COC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)O)O)O)O 772.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(82)83030-6
Quercetin 3-gentiobioside-7-glucoside 44259170 Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)COC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O 788.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(82)83030-6

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