I. cairica

I. leptophylla I. carnea I. arborescens I. umbraticola I. batatas I. cairica... 

Schimming2003), Convolvulus altheoidesl.., C. subauriculatus(Bimc3i.)LiNDiNG., Polymeria pusilla R.Br and Lepistemon urceolatum (R.Br.) F.Muell. In the case of I. cairica (L.) Sweet these alkaloids have been detected not only in the aerial parts including the flower but also in the root and the rhizome (Rich and Witte, unpublished results). The structure of norharman corresponds to l-acetyl-3-carbomethoxy-P-carboline in Fig. 4.1 though without the substituents at C-1 and C-3 (hannan is methylated at C-1). 

I. cairica (L.) Sweet (syn. I. palmata Forsk.) Sharda and Kokate 1979 Nair et al. 1987 Jirawongse et al. 1977 Odebiyi and Sofowora 1978 Amor-Prats and Harborne 1993a Kayser 1994 Schimming 2003 Like I. aquatica... 

Arctigenin and (-)-trachelogenin, isolated from I. cairica, exhibited remarkable cytostatic activity (L 5178y mouse lymphoma cell system) with values of... 

Antiviral properties have also been described i.e., (-)-arctigenin 74 and (-)-trachelogenin 94, isolated from the tropical climbing shrub Ipomoea cairica (Convolvulaceae) (94) and the lignans 95 and 96, from Anogeissus acuminata var. lanceolata (Combretaceae) (95) exhibit strong anti-HIV properties, in vitro they inhibit the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. 

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