Glycosmis genus

Sulfur-containing alkamides represent the typical chemical profile of plants from Glycosmis genus. These alkamides accumulate particularly in the leaves [27-29]. Some plants of this genus have been used in Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Malasia as traditional medicines for treatments of abscess, scabies, and snakebite [30]. Alkamides from Glycosmis show antifungal [31,32]... 

FIGURE 11 Biosyntetic pathway of sulfur-containing alkamides from Glycosmis genus. 

Four genuses from the Rutaceae family produce alkamides Evodia, Pleiospermium, Zanthoxylum, and Glycosmis, the latter two being the most productive. More than 50 aliphatic [24,25] and aromatic [5,26] alkamides have been isolated from Zanthoxylum genus, which are responsible for its... 

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