Coptis quinquesecta

Coptis quinquesecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Genus:	Coptis
Species:	C. quinquesecta
Binomial name
	Coptis quinquesecta; W.T.Wang

Coptis quinquesecta is a species of goldthread native to Jinping County, Yunnan, China and locally in northern Vietnam. China has it as a national key thread species in order to conserve it. It has 79 protein coding genes, 30 RNA transferring genes, as well as four ribosomal RNA genes adding up to a total of 113 genes.^[1]

Coptis quinquesecta is used as a medicinal herb - it contains berberine and coptisine, which are used to treat bacterial infections, the effects of diabetes, and high blood pressure.^[2]

References

^ Zhang, Yunyan; Dong, Jiaxian; Feng, Yu; Wang, Zhongsheng; Li, Pan (2018-01-02). "The first complete chloroplast genome of Coptis quinquesecta, a critically endangered medicinal plant in China". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 3 (1): 370–372. doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1450684. ISSN 2380-2359.
^ Zhang, Yunyan; Dong, Jiaxian; Feng, Yu; Wang, Zhongsheng; Li, Pan (2018-01-02). "The first complete chloroplast genome of Coptis quinquesecta, a critically endangered medicinal plant in China". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 3 (1): 370–372. doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1450684. ISSN 2380-2359.

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[1] Zhang, Yunyan; Dong, Jiaxian; Feng, Yu; Wang, Zhongsheng; Li, Pan (2018-01-02). "The first complete chloroplast genome of Coptis quinquesecta, a critically endangered medicinal plant in China". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 3 (1): 370–372. doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1450684. ISSN 2380-2359.

[2] Zhang, Yunyan; Dong, Jiaxian; Feng, Yu; Wang, Zhongsheng; Li, Pan (2018-01-02). "The first complete chloroplast genome of Coptis quinquesecta, a critically endangered medicinal plant in China". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 3 (1): 370–372. doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1450684. ISSN 2380-2359.

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