Cuscuta japonica

Convolvulaceae Cuscuta japonica, China, Korea, Japan... 

Dried aerial parts of C. microphylla (CH3OH extract) yielded 5 x 10 % dried powdered roots of C. nepalensis were extracted with water, chromatographed on polyamide and on silica gel yielding 2 x 10 % dried leaves of L. parasiticus extracted with CjHsOH yielded 2 x 10 % dried seeds of Cuscuta japonica were extracted with C2H5OH, partitioned and chromatographed yielding 1 x 10 " ... 

Guo et al. reported the isolation of picrotoxanes from Cuscuta japonica (Japanese dodder), a parasitic vine of many shrubs, growing in China, Korea, and Japan (41). This was the first report of a picrotoxane detected within the Asterid subclass of the core eudicots. The picrotoxanes of this member of the Convolvulaceae are also found as constituents of Coriaria species. As this plant is a parasite, it is possible that the picrotoxanes present were received from the sap of its host. 

Cuscuta japonica. Beijing Zhongyiyao Daxue Xuebao 23 36... 

Cuscuta japonica Choisy SCN Japanese dodder PN tu si zi (seed)... 

Furuhashi, K., Tada, Y, Okamoto, K., Sugai, M., Kubota, M., and Watanabe, M., Phytochrome participation in induction of haustoria in Cuscuta japonica, a holoparasitic flowering plant. Plant Cell Physiol, 38, 935-940, 1997. 

Cuscuta chinensis Lam. C. eumpaea L. C. japonica Choisy C. lupuliformis Krocker Tu Si Zi (Dodder) (seed) Cuscutalin, bergenin, cuscutin, amarbelin, cholesterol, campesterol, beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, beta-amyrin.48 Improve immunity, increase blood sugar metabolism. 

Swertia pseudochinensis Alpinia katsumadai Cuscuta australis R. Brown Maesa japonica (Thunb.) Moritzi Eucommia ulmoides D. Oliver... 

Cuscuta chinensis Lam., C. lupuliformis Krocker, C. japonica Choisy, C. europaea L. 

Cuscuta chinensis, C. europaea, C. japonica, C. lupuliformis Ailanthus altissima Chenopotium ambrosiodes Scopalia dulcis... 

Curcuma zedoaria, C. aromatica, C. kwangsiensis, C. longa Curcuma zedoaria, C. aromatica, C. kwangsiensis Cuscuta chinensis, C. europaea, C. japonica, C. lupuliformis Cuscuta chinensis, C. europaea, C. japonica, C. lupuliformis Osmunda japonica... 

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