Dendrobium plicatile
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Dendrobium plicatile is an orchid species of Asia. It was formerly treated as Flickingeria fimbriata in the (no longer accepted) genus Flickingeria.
Distribution
The orchid is native to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, Malesia, and other regions.
It is found in: Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Himalayas East, India ( Assam), Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam.
Description
- Medicinal plant
The plant reportedly has the Hepatoprotection properties, the ability to prevent damage to the liver.[medical citation needed]
From the stems, three phenanthrenes can be isolated, named plicatol A, B and C.[2]
The plant also contains the norditerpenoids named flickinflimilins A and B and steroids.[3]
References
- ^ "Dendrobium plicatile Lindl.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 August 2016 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ Phenanthrenes from Dendrobium plicatile. Chie Honda and Masae Yamaki, Phytochemistry, April 2000, Volume 53, Issue 8, Pages 987–990, doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00497-5
- ^ Norditerpenoids from Flickingeria fimbriata and their inhibitory activities on nitric oxide and tumor necrosis factor-α production in mouse macrophages. Chen JL, Zhong WJ, Tang GH, Li J, Zhao ZM, Yang DP and Jiang L, Molecules, 6 May 2014, volume 19, issue 5, pages 5863-5875, doi:10.3390/molecules19055863
External links
Media related to Flickingeria fimbriata at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Flickingeria fimbriata at Wikispecies- Flickingeria fimbriata at orchidspecies.com
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- Dendrobium
- Orchids of Asia
- Dendrobiinae species
- Flora of East Himalaya
- Flora of Indo-China
- Flora of Malesia
- Orchids of Myanmar
- Orchids of China
- Orchids of India
- Orchids of Laos
- Orchids of Malaya
- Orchids of Nepal
- Orchids of the Philippines
- Orchids of Thailand
- Orchids of Vietnam
- Flora of Southeast Asia
- Medicinal plants of Asia
- Plants described in 1965
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