Phytolacca americana

Schliemann, W. et al., Betacyanins from plants and cell cultures of Phytolacca americana. Phytochemistry, 42, 1039, 1996. 

The betalains are confined to ten families of the order Caryophyllales20 The only foods containing betalains are red beet (Beta vulgaris), chard (B. vulgaris), cactus fruit (Opuntia ficus-indica) and pokeberries (Phytolacca americana). They also occur in the poisonous mushroom Amanita muscaria but this is not a normal food source. The importance of the betalains as colorants is confined to preparations from red beet. 

Phytolacca americana L. China Phytolacine, phytolaccatoxin, oxyristic acid, jaligonic acid, saponins.33 Antitussive, diuretic, antibacterial, antiinflammatory. 

Betalain Color depends on pH Reduced flavonoid Betanin Pokeweed (Phytolacca Americana L.) Lambsquarters (Chenopodium americana L.) Named after beets. Occur in many flowers and fruits... 

The tropical and warm areas, especially those of the Americas, arc home to this family. Some of the genera previously included in it have been shifted into other families, but they are included in the results cited below. Other than a few ornamentals and the use of Phytolacca americana leaves as a potherb, the family has little economic importance. 

Alkaloid tests have been given by a few plants in this family those may have been due to the presence of belacyanins and betax-anthins, which arc not always considered as alkaloids in the strictest sense. Positive tests were given here by a few species known to contain alkaloids Phytolacca americana (2/7), P. icosandra (1/4), P. octandra (2/4), and Rivinia humilis (1/3). 

Poke root Phytolacca americana Antirheumatic Hemorrhagic gastritis Avoid... 

Phytolacca PAP Phytolacca americana PAG (animal, yeast, E. coli plant... 

Phytolacca PAP-S Phytolacca americana PAG E. coli rRNA, wheat 25S rRNA)... 

Phytolacca CBP (32 kDa dimer hevein-like CBDs) Phytolacca americana (pokeweed) (Phytolaccaceae) Chitin, (GlcNAc)3... 

Jerz, G. et al. Separation of hetalains from berries of Phytolacca americana by ion-pair high-speed counter-current chromatography. /. Chromatogr. A. 2008, 1190, 63-73. 

Betalains have received much attention from the food industry as natural colour additives (Adams et at, 1976 Pourrat et at, 1983). The betacyanins from red beet are used for colouring ice cream, jam and fruit conserves. Earlier interest in betacyanins came from their use in colouring red wine, although this was prohibited by law in 1892 due to the use of the apparently harmful pokeberry Phytolacca americana, extract (Dreiding, 1961). 

Joy, R.W., Sugiyama, M., Fukuda, H. and Komamine, A. (1995) Cloning and characterization of polyphenol oxidase cDNAs of Phytolacca americana. Plant Physiol, 107, 1083-9. 

Phytolacca americana (pokeweed) Piper methysticum (kava kava)... 

Pokeweed Phytolacca americana Calkins DR, Delbanco TL. Unconventional medicine in ... 

Phytolacca americana (pokeweed) contains powerful mitogens (pokeweed mitogen), including phytolacain, used to study cell function. 

Pokeweed Phytolacca americana Ai-acetyl-P-D-Glucosamine oligomers... 

Synonyms Phytolacca americana P. pecandra P. rigida American nightshade Cancerroot Crowberry Indian polk Inkberry Pigeonberry Pokeberry Red ink plant Red weed Red wood Scoke... 

Phytolacca americana, P. decandra, P. rigida, American night shade, coakum, crowberry, pokeberry, inkberry, pigeonberry, garget, poke, red ink plant, cancer jalap, cancer root, chongras, and scoke (Anonymous, 1991)... 

Barker BE, Fames P, LaMarche PH. Peripheral blood plasmacytosis following systemic exposure to Phytolacca americana (pokeweed). Pediatrics 1966 38 490-3. 

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