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Monochaetum multiflorum

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Monochaetum multiflorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Monochaetum
Species:
M. multiflorum
Binomial name
Monochaetum multiflorum
(Bonpl.) Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 4: 52. 1845

Monochaetum multiflorum is a flowering plant species in the genus Monochaetum indigenous to Colombia.

The leaves of the plant contain the hydrolysable tannins nobotanins Q, R, S, and T.[1] It also contains the tetrameric nobotanin S and pentameric melastoflorin A.[2]

References

  1. ^ Isaza, JH; Ito, H; Yoshida, T (2004). "Oligomeric hydrolyzable tannins from Monochaetum multiflorum". Phytochemistry. 65 (3): 359–67. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2003.11.017. PMID 14751308.
  2. ^ Isaza J H, Ito H and Yoshida T (2001). "Tetrameric and Pentameric Ellagitannins from Monochaetum multiflorum". Heterocycles. 55 (1): 29–32. doi:10.3987/COM-00-9088.

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