Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum, commonly known as the kidney fern, is a species of filmy fern native to New Zealand. It is characterized by its undivided, kidney-shaped fronds which are 3–10 cm by 4–13 cm and are a shiny, translucent green. It is found throughout the North Island and in northern, western, and southern regions of the South Island, as well as Stewart Island and the Chatham Islands. It prefers moist forests up to an altitude of 780 meters, and is often found forming extensive mats on the forest floor, as well as on banks, rocks, fallen trees and as an epiphyte on lower trunks and branches. It reproduces and disperses offspring through spores, and spreads by vegetative reproduction, putting out far-creeping rhizomes. The caterpillars from the moth family Tortricidae are known to feed on it, and human based threats to its survival include habitat loss through forest clearance and introduced invasive plants.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Cardiomanes reniforme	(G.Forst.) C.Presl	Hymenophyllaceae : 13 (1843)
Trichomanes reniforme	G.Forst.	Fl. Ins. Austr. : 84 (1786)

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  - Chatham Islands
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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000145973
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60447929-2
The Plant List	ifn-30920
Open Tree Of Life	1005825
NCBI Taxonomy	449851
IPNI	60447929-2
iNaturalist	340730
GBIF	3607630
Freebase	/m/03grd4f
Elurikkus	383456
Wikipedia	Hymenophyllum_nephrophyllum
CMAUP	NPO20602

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A new approach to an old problem: how to categorize the habit of ferns and lycophytes

Zotz G, Armenia L, Einzmann HJ

Ann Bot

29-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10666995
doi:	10.1093/aob/mcad128
PMID:	37642212

Nanotechnology-Based Drug Delivery Approaches of Mangiferin: Promises, Reality and Challenges in Cancer Chemotherapy

Sarfraz M, Khan A, Batiha GE, Akhtar MF, Saleem A, Ajiboye BO, Kamal M, Ali A, Alotaibi NM, Aaghaz S, Siddique MI, Imran M

Cancers (Basel)

21-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10453289
doi:	10.3390/cancers15164194
PMID:	37627222

Neuroprotective potency of mangiferin against 3-nitropropionic acid induced Huntington’s disease-like symptoms in rats: possible antioxidant and anti-inflammatory mechanisms

Lum PT, Sekar M, Seow LJ, Shaikh MF, Arulsamy A, Retinasamy T, Gan SH, Gnanaraj C, Esa NM, Ramachawolran G, Subramaniyan V, Chinni SV, Wu YS

Front Pharmacol

13-Jul-2023

PMCID:	PMC10372348
doi:	10.3389/fphar.2023.1189957
PMID:	37521470

Protective effect of mangiferin on memory impairment: A systematic review

Lum PT, Sekar M, Gan SH, Pandy V, Bonam SR

Saudi J Biol Sci

13-Nov-2020

PMCID:	PMC7783829
doi:	10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.11.037
PMID:	33424383

A review of the use of pteridophytes for treating human ailments

Baskaran XR, Geo Vigila AV, Zhang SZ, Feng SX, Liao WB

J Zhejiang Univ Sci B

01-Feb-2018

PMCID:	PMC5833325
doi:	10.1631/jzus.B1600344
PMID:	29405039

Naturally Occurring Cinnamic Acid Sugar Ester Derivatives

Tian Y, Liu W, Lu Y, Wang Y, Chen X, Bai S, Zhao Y, He T, Lao F, Shang Y, Guo Y, She G

Molecules

24-Oct-2016

PMCID:	PMC6273327
doi:	10.3390/molecules21101402
PMID:	27783048

The evolution, morphology, and development of fern leaves

Vasco A, Moran RC, Ambrose BA

Front Plant Sci

04-Sep-2013

PMCID:	PMC3761161
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2013.00345
PMID:	24027574

Chemical and chemotaxonomical studies of ferns. LXXXVII. Constituents of Trichomanes reniforme.

Wada H, Shimizu Y, Tanaka N, Cambie RC, Braggins JE

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo)

01-Mar-1995

doi:	10.1248/CPB.43.461
PMID:	7774029

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Hydrocarbons / Unsaturated hydrocarbons / Olefins / Cyclic olefins / Azulenes
Azulene	9231	Click to see C1=CC=C2C=CC=C2C=C1	128.17	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
(Z,Z)-alpha-Farnesene	5317320	Click to see CC(=CCCC(=CCC=C(C)C=C)C)C	204.35	unknown	via CMAUP database
alpha-Bisabolol, (-)-epi-	1616126	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(C)(CCC=C(C)C)O	222.37	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Guaianes
(2S)-2-(3,8-dimethylazulen-5-yl)propanoic acid	3083593	Click to see CC1=C2C=CC(=C2C=C(C=C1)C(C)C(=O)O)C	228.29	unknown	via CMAUP database
Chamazulene	10719	Click to see CCC1=CC2=C(C=CC2=C(C=C1)C)C	184.28	unknown	via CMAUP database
Guaiazulene	3515	Click to see CC1=C2C=CC(=C2C=C(C=C1)C(C)C)C	198.30	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Diterpene glycosides
(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6R)-6-[[(1S,3R,4S,4aR,8aR)-3,4,8,8a-tetramethyl-4-[(3S)-3-methyl-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxypent-4-enyl]-1,2,3,4a,5,6-hexahydronaphthalen-1-yl]oxy]-4-hydroxy-2-methyl-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol	9988268	Click to see CC1CC(C2(C(C1(C)CCC(C)(C=C)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)C)O)O)O)CCC=C2C)C)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)C)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)C)O)O)O)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)C)O)O)O	891.00	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.43.461
(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6R)-6-[[(1S,3R,4S,4aR,8aR)-3,4,8,8a-tetramethyl-4-[(3S)-3-methyl-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxypent-4-enyl]-1,2,3,4a,5,6-hexahydronaphthalen-1-yl]oxy]-4-hydroxy-2-methyl-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol	10010939	Click to see CC1CC(C2(C(C1(C)CCC(C)(C=C)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)C)O)O)O)CCC=C2C)C)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)C)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)C)O)O)O)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)C)O)O)O	891.00	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.43.461
(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6R)-6-[[(1S,3R,4S,4aR,8aR)-3,4,8,8a-tetramethyl-4-[(3S)-3-methyl-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxypent-4-enyl]-1,2,3,4a,5,6-hexahydronaphthalen-1-yl]oxy]-4-hydroxy-2-methyl-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol	10328292	Click to see CC1CC(C2(C(C1(C)CCC(C)(C=C)OC3C(C(C(CO3)O)O)O)CCC=C2C)C)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)C)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)C)O)O)O)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)C)O)O)O	877.00	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.43.461
(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6R)-6-[[(1S,3R,4S,4aR,8aR)-3,4,8,8a-tetramethyl-4-[(3S)-3-methyl-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxypent-4-enyl]-1,2,3,4a,5,6-hexahydronaphthalen-1-yl]oxy]-4-hydroxy-2-methyl-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol	10079365	Click to see CC1CC(C2(C(C1(C)CCC(C)(C=C)OC3C(C(C(CO3)O)O)O)CCC=C2C)C)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)C)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)C)O)O)O)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)C)O)O)O	877.00	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.43.461
2-[6-[[3,4,8,8a-Tetramethyl-4-[3-methyl-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxypent-4-enyl]-1,2,3,4a,5,6-hexahydronaphthalen-1-yl]oxy]-4-hydroxy-2-methyl-5-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol	85084698	Click to see CC1CC(C2(C(C1(C)CCC(C)(C=C)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)C)O)O)O)CCC=C2C)C)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)C)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)C)O)O)O)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)C)O)O)O	891.00	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.43.461
2-[6-[[3,4,8,8a-Tetramethyl-4-[3-methyl-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxypent-4-enyl]-1,2,3,4a,5,6-hexahydronaphthalen-1-yl]oxy]-4-hydroxy-2-methyl-5-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol	162985731	Click to see CC1CC(C2(C(C1(C)CCC(C)(C=C)OC3C(C(C(CO3)O)O)O)CCC=C2C)C)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)C)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)C)O)O)O)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)C)O)O)O	877.00	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.43.461
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Ethers / Acetals / Ketals
(2E,5R)-2-hexa-2,4-diynylidene-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.4]non-3-ene	44575220	Click to see CC#CC#CC=C1C=CC2(O1)CCCO2	200.23	unknown	via CMAUP database
(2Z,5R)-2-hexa-2,4-diynylidene-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.4]non-3-ene	76960595	Click to see CC#CC#CC=C1C=CC2(O1)CCCO2	200.23	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzopyrans / 1-benzopyrans / Xanthones
[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(1,3,6,7-tetrahydroxy-9-oxoxanthen-2-yl)oxan-2-yl]methyl acetate	101917551	Click to see CC(=O)OCC1C(C(C(C(O1)C2=C(C3=C(C=C2O)OC4=CC(=C(C=C4C3=O)O)O)O)O)O)O	464.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.43.461
[3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(1,3,6,7-tetrahydroxy-9-oxoxanthen-2-yl)oxan-2-yl]methyl acetate	162916202	Click to see CC(=O)OCC1C(C(C(C(O1)C2=C(C3=C(C=C2O)OC4=CC(=C(C=C4C3=O)O)O)O)O)O)O	464.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.43.461
1,3,6,7-Tetrahydroxy-2-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]xanthen-9-one	5358385	Click to see C1=C2C(=CC(=C1O)O)OC3=C(C2=O)C(=C(C(=C3)O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O	422.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.43.461
Mangiferin	5281647	Click to see C1=C2C(=CC(=C1O)O)OC3=C(C2=O)C(=C(C(=C3)O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O	422.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.43.461
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Lactones / Gamma butyrolactones
Matricarin	3083923	Click to see CC1C2C(CC(=C3C(C2OC1=O)C(=CC3=O)C)C)OC(=O)C	304.34	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Coumaric acids and derivatives
[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-6-[2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethoxy]-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl] (E)-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate	10457774	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1CCOC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)OC(=O)C=CC3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O)O)O)O	478.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.43.461
[6-[2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)ethoxy]-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl] 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate	78380899	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1CCOC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)OC(=O)C=CC3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O)O)O)O	478.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.43.461
N1,N5,N10-Tris-trans-p-coumaroylspermine	10908386	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C=CC(=O)NCCCN(CCCCN(CCCN)C(=O)C=CC2=CC=C(C=C2)O)C(=O)C=CC3=CC=C(C=C3)O)O	640.80	unknown	via CMAUP database
N1,N5,N10,N14-Tetra-trans-p-coumaroylspermine	9810941	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C=CC(=O)NCCCN(CCCCN(CCCNC(=O)C=CC2=CC=C(C=C2)O)C(=O)C=CC3=CC=C(C=C3)O)C(=O)C=CC4=CC=C(C=C4)O)O	786.90	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives
Coumarin	323	Click to see C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C=CC(=O)O2	146.14	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Hydroxycoumarins / 6,7-dihydroxycoumarins
Esculetin	5281416	Click to see C1=CC(=O)OC2=CC(=C(C=C21)O)O	178.14	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Hydroxycoumarins / 7-hydroxycoumarins
Scopoletin	5280460	Click to see COC1=C(C=C2C(=C1)C=CC(=O)O2)O	192.17	unknown	via CMAUP database
Umbelliferone	5281426	Click to see C1=CC(=CC2=C1C=CC(=O)O2)O	162.14	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones
Apigenin	5280443	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O	270.24	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
Apiin	5280746	Click to see C1C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(C(OC2OC3=CC(=C4C(=C3)OC(=CC4=O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)O)CO)O)O)O)(CO)O	564.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
Patulitrin	5320435	Click to see COC1=C(C=C2C(=C1O)C(=O)C(=C(O2)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O	494.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 6-O-methylated flavonoids
Axillarin	5281603	Click to see COC1=C(C2=C(C=C1O)OC(=C(C2=O)OC)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O	346.30	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 7-O-methylated flavonoids
Casticin	5315263	Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C(=C(C=C3O2)OC)OC)O)OC)O	374.30	unknown	via CMAUP database
Chrysosplenetin	5281608	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C(=C(C=C3O2)OC)OC)O)OC)O	374.30	unknown	via CMAUP database

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Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum

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