Lily Family

Antimitotic (stops cell division) - nausea, vomiting, confusion, delirium Lily family, glory lily, crocus, may apple Colchicine (gout treatment)... 

Table 14 General botanical characteristics of the Lily family...

Meeuse, B. J.D. and Raskin, I. (1988). Sexual reproduction in the arum lily family, with emphasis on thermogenicity. Sexual Plant Reproduction 1 3-15. 

Sources dried rhizome and roots of lily veratum album, other members of the lily family... 

Microtubules in cells undergoing mitosis are the target of several important drugs. One of these is the alkaloid colchicine which is produced by various members of the lily family and has been used since ancient Egyptian times for the alleviation of the symptoms of gout.a b... 

The bufadienolides occur in plants as well as animals, but only in plants are they in the form of glycosides. Their 3-hydroxyl group is attached lo glucose, rhamnose, or thevetosc. Hellebrigenin (Fig. 2). which is also known as bufotalidin. occurs in the rhizomes of the Christmas rose and other Helleborus species in the form of a rhamnoside. Bufadienolides have so far been found in plants in only two families, the buttercup and the lily family. 

Several genera in the lily family (Liliaceae) are found to synthesize analogues of the benzylte-trahydroisoquinoline alkaloids, e.g. autumnaline... 

IV. Order Liliales.—Xr7/ac< (C or Lily Family.—Herbs (Lilinm), shrubs (Yucca), or trees (Dracena Draco), with regular and symmetrical almost always six-androus flowers. Stem either short, Digitized by Microsoft ... 

The Colchium Autumnale is a wild flower found in meadows and woodlands. It s a perennial herb in the lily family which grows from a solid bulb that can unfortunately be mistaken for a wild onion. The rapier like leaves grow about a foot high, and in the early fall one or two leafless stalks sprout from the bulb each stalk produces a single white-to-purplish-pink flower that resembles a crocus. 

Another volume of similar interest is LesUe Taylor s Herbal Secrets of the Rainforest The Healing Power of Over 50 Medicinal Plants You Should Know About, pubUshed in 1998. Also for the record, anticancer plants cited are as follows, here in alphabetical order by plant family (the reference lists the common names in alphabetical order). In parenthesis, the genera and species are italicized, followed by the common name. (The sunflower family Asteraceae occurs as Compositae in many references. The plant family Smilacaceae is more conunonly known as the lily family Liliaceae.)... 

Products and Uses Aloe is a succulent plant in the lily family. The leaf contains a gel-like substance used for skin lotions, creams, ointments, soaps, makeup, moisturizers, and over-the-counter (OTC) burn medications. It is a popular cosmetic and pharmaceutical ingredient. Frequently sold as a drink and mixed with water and juices. Could produce a laxative effect when consumed. 

Aloe vara A gel made Irom the leaves of the aloe plant, a tropical S semilropical plant of the lily family, resembling a cactus. Healing ol burns, cuts, and ulcers. Uncertain. Should mr be taken mtemally unless M-caied on the product label. 

The onion, like the other related vegetables (Allium genus), has long been classified as a member of the Lily family (Liliaceae), but now some botanists place the onion and its close relatives in a new family called the Alliaceae. The common onion is classified as the variety cepa to distinguish it from other varieties of onions such as the shallot, which is the aggregatum variety. Fig. 0-23 shows typical onion bulbs. 

Urginea maritima is a bulbous perermial herb belonging to the lily family native to the Mediterranean region. Parts used are the dried fleshy inner scales of the bulb. White squill is derived from the white variety, while red squill is from its red variety. U. indica is used as an acceptable substitute for U. maritima. Recent... 

Sheveleva, G. P., N. V. Plekhanova, and D. S. Sargazakov Alkaloids from Plants of the Borage, Thistle, and Lily Families of Kirghiz Flora. Mater. Nauch. Konf., Posvyashch. 100-Sto-Letiyu Period. Zakona D. I. Mendeleeva, 1969,107 [Chem. Abstr. 76, 23067 (1972)]. 

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